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1 Critically Evaluating the News from Countries in the Midst of Violent Conflict Laura Hibbler

2 Holy Cross Dinand Library

3 Evaluating the news can be challenging in any country. How can one evaluate the news when looking at the media from countries in the midst of violent conflict?

4 Familiar news sources

5 Resources for finding news that has been vetted The importance of context Comparing news from a variety of sources Background research about news sources themselves

6 Image Credits Map, Google Earth, http://www.google.com/earth. Fox News Logo, Fox News, http://www.foxnews.com. MSNBC Logo, MSNBC – Lean Forward: The digital home of MSNBC TV, http://tv.msnbc.com. LexisNexis Academic, http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic. BBC Monitoring, http://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk. Country Profiles, BBC News, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm. Afghanistan Profile, BBC News, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia- 12013942.

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