January 25, 20221 min read, 237 words
Published: January 25, 2022 | 1 min read, 237 words
NewsGuard, a service that uses trained journalists to rate news and information sites, will become available to millions of public school students this week through a partnership with the American Federation of Teachers.
Why it matters: Kids increasingly turn to the internet whe...
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January 26, 2022
I understand it is Axios' theme to keep articles very short and without much author input, but this story completely neglects to mention that the NewsGuard ratings are top-down and fed to these young students without any ability for them to participate in the scoring process, so I'm not sure how their media literacy skills are being improved as they are asked to blindly accept the NewsGuard trust ratings.
January 26, 2022