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Facts Matter

CILIP and the Information Literacy Group have launched a neat and nifty infographic on making informed political decisions, as part of the #FactsMatter initiative. This is intended to help with making informed choices, combating misinformation and supporting evidence-based voting in the UK General Election, on 8 June 2017. To be shared widely!

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16 May 2017

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    Erm... @MarcForster18 and @jsecker, you really are too kind! I don't know about changing the world, in the run-up to 12th December, I might play a very tiny part in trying to change the government!

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    Getting seriously ready for this evening's presentation at RSA Durham on critical thinking in an age of disinformation and fake news. There's nothing fake though about the tea (and cakes) here at http://www.tealicioustearoom.co.uk @theRSAorg @jsecker @pipsno1pal

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    Just-published, 'How America Lost its Mind', by Harvard Professor T E Patterson. "Tens of millions of Americans have opinions wildly at odds with the facts, rendering them unable to think sensibly about politics". QED. #disinformation https://scholar.harvard.edu/thomaspatterson/how-america-lost-its-mind

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    In his latest blog post, @stephgold7 provides an insight into the opportunities and challenges of his role as our Advocacy & Outreach Officer, and gives an update on his recent activities in support of our work to promote #infolit: https://infolit.org.uk/reaching-out-advocating-and-changing-the-world-just-a-little/ #InfoLiteracy

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    If anyone is in Durham or thereabouts on the evening of 28 October, don't miss this event! It's not fake news, it's really going to happen, and it's still possible to register @jsecker
    @theRSAorg https://www.thersa.org/events/fellowship-events/2019/10/rsa-durham-critical-thinking-in-an-age-of-disinformation-and-fake-news

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