Fact Checking Worksheet

Debate Date: 09/26/2016

Location: Hofstra University, NY
Partner Names:
Candidate:
1. View your assigned video (take notes here about the video and the context),
and copy down your assigned quote.

2. Check out what other fact-checkers have said about this specific statement.
START WITH: P
olitifact-- (Others to check if you want: F
actcheck.org,
theWashington

Posts Fact Checker) -- credit them appropriately!!

3. Do
a DETAILED Google search for answers: Search using as many
different combinations as you can. If were writing about something like
climate change, we might search on "climate change," "global warming,"
"carbon emissions," "carbon capture," "electricity," "EPA regulations. List
one source besides the fact check website that can help fact check this
quote. Write a brief analysis on what you found (2-3 sentences).

4. Find an
EXPERT OPINION. What does the expert have to say about this
quote? Do you agree with him/her? Why or why not?

5. List 2 questions that you still have about this topic that YOU would like to
ask the candidate if you met him/her face to face.

**PRINT OUT AND TURN IN ONE COPY PER PARTNER TEAM AFTER
PRESENTING WITH YOUR GROUP.