Check Your Facts: Libraries use tech tools to fight fake news.

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    • Abstract:
      The article dicusess importance to use technology tools to libraries to fight issue fake news . Topics discussed include information on NewsGuard which is a web browser extension designed to literally red-flag problematic articles and blog posts; information on PolitiFact is a fact-checking website, that features a “truth-o-meter,” which rates the accuracy of statements in the news; and “Tackling Fake News” workshops hosted by Jeanette Jones, librarian at Henderson, Nevada Libraries.