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📺 PBS NewsHour full episode – October 22, 2018 | PBS

Watched PBS NewsHour full episode - October 22, 2018 from PBS

Monday on the NewsHour, Saudi Arabia shifts its story on the death of Jamal Khashoggi, Russia warns of countermeasures if President Trump pulls out of a Cold War-era nuclear arms treaty, and as midterm elections approach, we take a closer look at the battleground of California where Democrats hope to flip a district that’s been conservative for decades.

📺 Online Verification Skills — Video 4: Look for Trusted Work | NewsWise | YouTube

Watched Online Verification Skills — Video 4: Look for Trusted Work by Mike CaulfieldMike Caulfield from NewsWise | YouTube
“It’s the internet! You can go out and find a better story and invest your time in that.” –Mike Caulfield

📺 Online Verification Skills — Video 2: Investigate the Source | NewsWise | YouTube

Watched Online Verification Skills — Video 2: Investigate the Source by Mike CaulfieldMike Caulfield from NewsWise | YouTube

NewsWise is a news literacy program to provide school-aged Canadians an understanding of the role of journalism in a healthy democracy and the tools to find and filter information online.

For those who like browser bookmarklets and shortcuts, I’ve dug up some code that will take a URL and automatically remove the additional path (as demonstrated manually in the video) to leave you with the base URL. It can be found here on my site: https://boffosocko.com/2017/03/27/to-amp-or-not-to-amp-that-is-the-question/. Perhaps it will help people verify sites even quicker?

📺 Online Verification Skills — Video 1: Introductory Video | NewsWise | YouTube

Watched Online Verification Skills — Video 1: Introductory Video by Mike CaulfieldMike Caulfield from NewsWise | YouTube

The Stanford research report, Lateral Reading: Reading Less and Learning More When Evaluating Digital Information, can be found here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3048994

NewsWise is a news literacy program to provide school-aged Canadians an understanding of the role of journalism in a healthy democracy and the tools to find and filter information online. Visit http://newswise.ca/ for more information and resources. NewsWise is the product of a partnership between CIVIX and the Canadian Journalism Foundation, with the support of the Google.org Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation.

📺 “Blue Bloods” Blackout | CBS

Watched "Blue Bloods" Blackout from CBS
Directed by Ralph Hemecker. With Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou. When New York City experiences a major blackout, police officers scramble to contain the resulting chaos; Frank uncovers some unpleasant truths about his department; Jamie and Eddie question the line between work and their relationship.

📺 "The Great British Baking Show" The Final | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" The Final from Netflix
Directed by Scott Tankard. With Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood. This week, our contestants bake in the final.
The final four contestants seemed very equally matched, but all with different strengths. This season wasn’t like many in which there are one or two clear standouts with a variety of strengths.

I was shocked that Ruby ultimately made it so far given her dismal performance in the first episode. If she’s as good as she ultimately ended up in the series, she should work on her confidence as that would help tip her over to being truly outstanding. It was nice to see how she grew a bit over the series however.

I really missed having rain on the show.

📺 "The Great British Baking Show" Biscuits and Traybakes | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Biscuits and Traybakes from Netflix
Directed by Scott Tankard. With Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood. This week, our contestants bake biscuits and traybakes.