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In the age of 'fake news,' Stanford study finds high schoolers unskilled at assessing online information

Original post made on Dec 3, 2019

Many high school students are unable to assess the credibility of online information, a new Stanford study has found. This poses a threat to "the vitality of American democracy," the researchers said.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 7:15 AM

Comments (11)

Posted by parent
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Dec 3, 2019 at 8:05 am

Very easy to understand when the President is lying and bullying on Twitter every day


Posted by Menlo Voter.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Dec 3, 2019 at 9:11 am

Menlo Voter. is a registered user.

Very easy to understand since they don't teach anything remotely close to critical thinking skills in school any more. Logic should be required course work for every student.


Posted by Awatkins
a resident of Woodside: Skywood/Skylonda
on Dec 3, 2019 at 12:40 pm

Speaking of critical thinking, Elena fails to distinguish between those who tried to validate what they read and failed, and those who didn’t even try. Those represent entirely different problems.

As for the research: try the same thing with adults and I bet the outcome will be similar.


Posted by Menlo Voter.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Dec 3, 2019 at 6:58 pm

Menlo Voter. is a registered user.

" try the same thing with adults and I bet the outcome will be similar."

Of course. They haven't been teaching critical thinking in schools for at least the last 20 years.


Posted by opinion vs live teevee
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Dec 4, 2019 at 9:03 am

The lovely thing about today is that the news is being broadcast live on many channels, without opinion, as they testify to the committee.

History classes should partake.


Posted by opinion vs live teevee
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Dec 4, 2019 at 11:29 am

It's a great lesson for students.

"Did you write in the Wall Street Journal, "There is much that is worthy of investigation in the Ukraine scandal, and it is true that impeachment doesn't require a crime?' Is that an accurate quote, sir?"

"You've read it well," responded a smiling Turley.

And that's the Republican witness.


Posted by opinion vs live teevee
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Dec 4, 2019 at 11:30 am

sorry, that was from CBS's transcripts Web Link


Posted by Nonsensical Thinking
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Dec 4, 2019 at 12:56 pm

What you’re witnessing in the news is completely partisan, largely fabricated and is entirely based on opinion. Dems will impeach. GOP will exonerate and at the end of the day the media will have massively profited at the expense of every US tax payer.


Posted by opinion vs live teevee
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Dec 4, 2019 at 1:08 pm

@nonsensical: as a frugal taxpayer, you must have been REALLY unhappy about ken Starr's investigation!

LA Times: "In 1998, a report to Congress from the General Accounting Office estimated that special prosecutor Kenneth Starr’s three-year investigation of President Clinton cost “just shy of $30 million.” All told, the Republican Congress spent almost $80 million (or $118.7 million adjusted for inflation) investigating Clinton’s administration."

By comparison, we found out about 100 meetings with Russians and 10 cases of obstruction of justice from Mueller for a paltry $7 million.

Now that's EFFICIENT!


Posted by paradise
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Dec 4, 2019 at 3:11 pm

It was Roger Ailes who told Nixon that if he had his own network, he wouldnt be impeached.

Teenagers can go research Ailes. And Nixon.


Posted by two tables
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Dec 4, 2019 at 10:50 pm

Ailes - ugh. He deserves a whole chapter in the book of Fake News.


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