Get quick context: it can take as little as thirty seconds, seriously!
Cheap signals: Or, how not to get duped
Google: the bestie you thought you knew
Lateral reading: using the Web to read the Web
Reading the room: benefiting from expertise when you have only a bit yourself
Show me the evidence: why scholarly sources are better than promotional materials, newsletters, and random tweets
Wikipedia: not what your middle school teacher told you
Video games: the dirty tricks of deceptive video
Stealth advertising: when ads masquerade as news
Once more with feeling: using your emotions to find the truth
Conclusion: Critical ignoring
Postscript: Large language models, ChatGPT, and the future of verification.