First Blog Topics, Fall 2006
Basic Fact-Checking
due 9 October 2006
Use your blog to report your results.
Evaluate all the following claims/stories. Begin by rating the credibility of a story on the 10/10 scale. Find a source or sources to verify the story or debunk the story. Find all the relevant details and list them. List those websites. Rate the credibility of the claim (in words and on the 10/10 scale) after your research and tell me why.
(1) There was a guy who discovered that the lids on pudding cups had individual UPC codes that could be traded for frequent flier miles for very little money. He then went on to purchase a large number of pudding cups, donate them to a homeless shelter and accumulate enough miles for a trip to Europe for his entire family for cheap.
(2) On the day of the Super-Bowl, in the town of the losing team, spousal abuse rates increase dramatically as a result of the frustration the fans feel at the loss.
due 9 October 2006
Use your blog to report your results.
Evaluate all the following claims/stories. Begin by rating the credibility of a story on the 10/10 scale. Find a source or sources to verify the story or debunk the story. Find all the relevant details and list them. List those websites. Rate the credibility of the claim (in words and on the 10/10 scale) after your research and tell me why.
(1) There was a guy who discovered that the lids on pudding cups had individual UPC codes that could be traded for frequent flier miles for very little money. He then went on to purchase a large number of pudding cups, donate them to a homeless shelter and accumulate enough miles for a trip to Europe for his entire family for cheap.
(2) On the day of the Super-Bowl, in the town of the losing team, spousal abuse rates increase dramatically as a result of the frustration the fans feel at the loss.
posted by David at 12:57 PM
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