Jim Ludes is the VP Public Research & Initiatives and Executive Director at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy. I like his suggestions for evaluating information, using a tweet from Large Adult Son #2 as an example:
Ask yourself 3 questions: 1) Is the source of information actually in a position to know what s/he claims to know? 2/x— Jim Ludes (@JMLudes) August 4, 2020
Question 2) Does the source of the claim provide evidence to support it or the conclusions inferred from it? 4/x— Jim Ludes (@JMLudes) August 4, 2020
Question 3: Can you find any other credible sources making the same report? 6/x— Jim Ludes (@JMLudes) August 4, 2020
If the big news outlets don't have a story that would support a controversial claim, then I'm going to be incredibly skeptical of an anonymous social media post--even if it is fronted by someone famous. 8/x— Jim Ludes (@JMLudes) August 4, 2020
Again, here there is room for reasonable people to debate between bias and editorial standards, but Eric's father has staked out a pretty hard line against voting by mail. It makes anything Eric & his "friends" say or Tweet (especially without real evidence) likely biased. 10/x— Jim Ludes (@JMLudes) August 4, 2020
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. 12/12. End #Thread Thread.— Jim Ludes (@JMLudes) August 4, 2020
And, for the record, Donald agrees:
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