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Lloyd Sealy Library
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Fact Checking, Verification & Fake News

This guide was created by the Research Center at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism

Ask Yourself These Questions

Always ask yourself these questions when trying to verify information?:

  •  Who says?
  • “How do they know?”
  • “Are they biased?”
  • “What don’t I know?”