Critically Evaluating the News from Countries in the Midst of Violent Conflict Laura Hibbler
Mar 29, 2015
Critically Evaluating the News from Countries in the Midst of Violent Conflict
Laura Hibbler
Holy Cross Dinand Library
Evaluating the news can be challenging in any country.
How can one evaluate the news when looking at the media from countries in the midst of
violent conflict?
Familiar news sources
•Resources for finding news that has been vetted
•The importance of context
•Comparing news from a variety of sources
•Background research about news sources themselves
Image Credits
Map, Google Earth, http://www.google.com/earth.
Fox News Logo, Fox News, http://www.foxnews.com.
MSNBC Logo, MSNBC – Lean Forward: The digital home of MSNBC TV, http://tv.msnbc.com.
LexisNexis Academic, http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic.
BBC Monitoring, http://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk.
Country Profiles, BBC News, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm.
Afghanistan Profile, BBC News, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12013942.