USC Current Events and Fake News Discussion
Current events exercise (10%)
To complete this assignment, students will either post on something in the news one time or critique the news that’s presented.
1) Listen to the podcast: https://www.npr.org/2019/10/29/774541010/fake-news…
2) Check out the following resources: https://newslit.org/ & https://get.checkology.org/what-is-checkology/
3)
The summary can describe one more relevant article/s on the same topic in the news that focus on a recent aging-related policy (within the past 30 days) from local, state, national, or international news sources. A “current event” is an important topic that is covered/discussed by the news media. Three additional students will critique the sourcing, content, and contribution of the article using criteria provided in class.
