num_pages: 352
description: From acclaimed writer journalist and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a much-needed timely book about the importance of media literacy fact-based reporting and the ability to discern truth from lies.What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news? How can anyone make sense of it anymore? Well we have to. As conspiracy theories and online hoaxes increasingly become a part of our national discourse and truth itself is being questioned it has never been more vital to build the discernment necessary to tell fact from fiction and media literacy has never been more vital. In this accessibly-written guide Dr. Seema Yasmin an award-winning journalist scientist medical professional and professor traces the spread of misinformation and disinformation through our fast-moving media landscape and teaches young readers the skills that will help them identify and counter poorly-sourced clickbait and misleading headlines.
language: None
title: What the Fact?: Debunking Disinformation to Detangle the Truth
publisher: Simon  Schuster Books for Young Readers