Evaluating the Credibility of Claims: Investigating Fake News About COVID-19

Imagine a friend just sent you the following link, outraged to learn China stole the Coronavirus from Canada and weaponized it.

Need answer to this question?

Do you accept it as true? How would you find out? Where would you look? What would you read? How would you investigate?

Write a minimum 250-word mini-essay discussing what you would do to decide if the post is true.

(Just so there’s no misunderstanding, the claim in the article is complete nonsense. It is absolutely fake news. I just want you to tell me how you would go about deciding if the story is true or not.)

As always, you should use MLA format, meaning Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced, appropriate heading, with care taken in proofreading, spelling, paragraphing, word usage, etc.

You must provide a complete works cited page including links to all the sources you consult.

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