Reading guide
Independent media: a reader’s checklist
How to evaluate a media outlet’s reporting, corrections and attribution without relying on its label alone.
Look at practice
Check whether reports identify sources, distinguish news from opinion and correct errors visibly. Transparency about funding or ownership can supply context, but it does not replace checking an individual claim.
Read across outlets
Compare accounts of the same event and trace shared quotations to their source. Repetition across several publications is not necessarily independent confirmation.
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