Media Literacy Challenge #10: “Fact-checking the mailman”

2026 Media Literacy Challenge #10: "Fact-checking the mailman"

If your only move after hearing a claim is to look into the source of that claim, you might be guilty of a version of this absurd scenario: you’re fact-checking the mailman, not the person making the claims the mailman is merely delivering. You’re fact-checking the information distributor, not the information manufacturer.

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