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Task

Source Criticism Brief

Stakes

This is the source-criticism evidence in your portfolio β€” proof you can verify AI and media output instead of trusting it.

Run SIFT on a claim from your own feed.

Find one real post, headline, image, or video from your own feed in the last day β€” something you might have shared. Run the four moves and write the verification trail (200–300 words):

  1. The claim β€” paste/describe it, and your honest first reaction.
  2. Stop β€” what emotion was it engineered to trigger?
  3. Investigate the source β€” who posted it; what did lateral reading reveal?
  4. Find better coverage β€” who else reports it, or is it alone?
  5. Trace β€” where does the claim/image actually originate?
  6. Verdict β€” real / misleading / fake, and the ONE move that decided it.

You pass when your verdict rests on a SOURCE move (investigate/find/trace), not on whether the thing "looked real."

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