It shouldn't surprise anyone that one of our most popular pieces of advice here at

Skeptoid is to always be skeptical of what you hear in the news.

But by itself, that isn't a very useful piece of advice.

Today, we give some great instructions on how you can do just that, how to regard the

news, how to filter it, and what to look for.

That's coming up next, UnSkeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Craig Good from Skeptoid.com.

A skeptical look at the news.

One of my favorite things about Skeptoid is how it makes us better, more informed consumers

of food and medicine, and more discriminating about claims for products of all types.

Applying scientific literacy and critical thinking skills really does keep us safer and

healthier.

Today, I want to talk about being smart consumers of information.

In other words, how we look at the news may be even more important than where we get

it.

Two of the most useful Skeptoid episodes ever were Brian's excellent, how to spot a crap

website, and how to spot pseudoscience, each with a checklist of warning signs.

So let's dive in and see if we can't come up with a similar list of things to keep

in mind when evaluating any story in the news media.

Now don't worry, this isn't going to be one long-wind about the mainstream media and

the Sari State of Science reporting, and I'm going to do my best to keep from being

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