This week’s #DirtyDisinfoTrick:
“Do Your Own Research”
Have you ever been in a heated keyboard battle and someone tells you to do your own research?
Well here’s the thing it’s super hard to conduct #research properly. And bad guys know that.
#Thread
#GoogleIsNotReasearch
We sometimes forget #google while awesome is a search engine not a fact checker. You can find an article supporting almost anything just a few keystrokes away.
#Academics are guilty of using jargon and hard to understand language. That’s because they are really writing these papers for other people in their field.
It’s hard to just pick up a scientific journal or google a study and know what they are saying.
#scienceofreading
Bad actors can use #fakescience to make money 💰
#MONEY #Scam
Use credible #factcheckers to help you sort through the nonsense.
Here are some of our favorites:
@PolitiFact
@snopes
@factcheckdotorg
These guys have got your back!
Bad actors know #Science is hard and #lies are easy. They are counting on you to get confused.
But you can outsmart.
Want us to help you with a #FactCheck? Let us know in the comments below!
For more on check out👇
realityteam.org/cards/do-your-…
#FactsMatter
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