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WATCH: Schools should teach teens how to fact-check misinformation, researcher says
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December 10, 2025
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1:56Now PlayingUnderstanding how to differentiate between facts, misinformation and disinformation is not taught as widely in schools as it should be, said Tabor Whitney, a researcher at Northwestern University.
"I think there's a lot of lessons to be learned that could be taught in high school curricula, middle school curricula about just fact-checking and source-checking, and not taking everything on the first glance," Whitney said.
Whitney took part in a special livestreamed Reddit “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) event called “Tipping Point – Turning Science Into Solutions,” hosted by science correspondent Miles O’Brien and digital anchor and correspondent Deema Zein.
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