Learn to S.I.F.T

If any of you have one of those "crazy uncles" who sends you internet conspiracy theories and all form of political cray cray, here's how you can defeat him for once and for all.

How do you sift through the massive amount of information being poured at you online? S.I.F.T. it:
1. Stop
2. Investigate the source
3. Find better coverage
4. Trace claims, quotes, and media to the original context
Here is a link to the article/blog that explains this in full: https://infodemic.blog/
Here's a video introduction from the professor who came up with these steps:

As a complement, here is a nifty resource for determining the legitimacy of an unfamiliar news item. It combines good habits of mind (some stories are too good to be true) with how-tos of tools like reverse image search, which can pretty quickly suss out when someone is using an old picture as evidence of some new (BOGUS) story:

https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/5-tips-ways-we-can-all-covid19-check-coronavirus-information-online-fake-disinformation-misinformation/?emci=cb049f03-d167-ea11-a94c-00155d03b5dd&emdi=c4ea6159-f467-ea11-a94c-00155d03b5dd&ceid=7509032

Mr. Silton