In the age of the internet, information becomes power and this why many people feel the need to be updated with current issues. Unlike before when the sources of current events are just the newspapers and evening newscasts, the internet can provide you what you need when you need it. The problem there is that information travels so fast even before it is verified. The following are ways on how to protect you from false weekly community news and entertainment being circulated online.
If you would like to know something, refer only to the trusted websites. These are being managed or owned by broadcast companies that care about their reputation and business very much that they take measures to ensure that what they publish are just the correct information. Many of the popular broadsheets also adhere to journalistic standards that require fact checking and balanced reporting.
Even if you know what the website of your trusted organization is, double check the address bar when you type the domain to make sure that there is not typographical error. Some individuals may have bought domain names that have typographical errors and may be using them to pose as the original site, except that the information published in them did not undergo the same fact checking process.
If you use social media a lot, you can also get information quickly from the official social media accounts of broadcast and print companies. Once they are able to get information about a situation, they post it online without having to write a long report. As they get more information about it and interview related personalities, they post their updates so you will know about the developments.
Aside from following broadcast organizations, you can also directly follow the personalities that you are interested in. Not everything that they say or do gets picked up by journalists so it may be better to read from the persons themselves. Keep in mind that the more popular the person is, the more likely it is to find fan pages and dummy pages. Always look for their verified accounts.
Counter check your information before you decide to share it to your network. You can do this by looking for other reports on the matter. While an individual or a company can initially claim exclusivity or being the first to know the situation, if it is a newsworthy matter, other respected organizations are soon going to find other sources and to report on the same topic.
Sometimes, checking the facts and data yourself can be confusing. What you can do is to look for websites and pages that do fact checking on popular topics and reports. They may have something about the information that you are looking for. If they don't, they may welcome requests for verification. Send them a message and the link to the report that you would like to be checked.
The internet has enabled quickly sharing of information however it also becomes easy to spread incorrect ones. Protect yourself and your network from these by taking steps to check the facts. It also helps if you can look for indicators of fraud. Cross reference interesting information before sharing them.
If you would like to know something, refer only to the trusted websites. These are being managed or owned by broadcast companies that care about their reputation and business very much that they take measures to ensure that what they publish are just the correct information. Many of the popular broadsheets also adhere to journalistic standards that require fact checking and balanced reporting.
Even if you know what the website of your trusted organization is, double check the address bar when you type the domain to make sure that there is not typographical error. Some individuals may have bought domain names that have typographical errors and may be using them to pose as the original site, except that the information published in them did not undergo the same fact checking process.
If you use social media a lot, you can also get information quickly from the official social media accounts of broadcast and print companies. Once they are able to get information about a situation, they post it online without having to write a long report. As they get more information about it and interview related personalities, they post their updates so you will know about the developments.
Aside from following broadcast organizations, you can also directly follow the personalities that you are interested in. Not everything that they say or do gets picked up by journalists so it may be better to read from the persons themselves. Keep in mind that the more popular the person is, the more likely it is to find fan pages and dummy pages. Always look for their verified accounts.
Counter check your information before you decide to share it to your network. You can do this by looking for other reports on the matter. While an individual or a company can initially claim exclusivity or being the first to know the situation, if it is a newsworthy matter, other respected organizations are soon going to find other sources and to report on the same topic.
Sometimes, checking the facts and data yourself can be confusing. What you can do is to look for websites and pages that do fact checking on popular topics and reports. They may have something about the information that you are looking for. If they don't, they may welcome requests for verification. Send them a message and the link to the report that you would like to be checked.
The internet has enabled quickly sharing of information however it also becomes easy to spread incorrect ones. Protect yourself and your network from these by taking steps to check the facts. It also helps if you can look for indicators of fraud. Cross reference interesting information before sharing them.
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