How to Find a Genuine Source

Go to your nearest public library and look for the encyclopedia section. Encyclopedia is what humans used to gain knowledge and learn about a subject they have absolutly no cloue about it that the events that related to it are located on the other side of the world, before the invention of the internet. It might sounds strange to you if you're under 30yo, however for your parents or older siblings is a common sense.

Remember, public encyclopedias such as Wikipedia use algorithms to allow anyone to just go and edit any topic. It is the open encyclopedia after all. So when you do learn a topic with Wikipedia, cross-examine it with other genuine sources.

We recommend you use closed encyclopedias that are well-accepted at multiple academia worldwide (e.g. Britannica or equivalent).

When referring to events that happened in the past - make sure they have dates and locations assigned to them. When having time and location for an event - it is easy to cross-examine it with other genuine resources. Remember - bigger the event just means that it had affected more witnesses through history - it does not mean that an event that got more people hurt will be considered a bigger milestone than others in the chain of events in history. For example - the human era has been recognized by historians for the last 12,000 years give or take. Humans have been strolling around planet Earth for 40,000 to 200,000 years (archeologies are divided when exactly homo-sapiens start rolling). Some huge events, like the last ice age (an event that lasted a few thousand years), have little to no records in human history. However, there are countless records of who won the 2022 World Cup (an event that lasted a few hours).

Reporting is subjective to the witness. Cross-examination of events helps the reader to understand the objective view in a sea of opinions.

Fake news are real problem. Also, well-respected news channels are sin with it. e.g. BBC published that the IDF had bombed Shifa hospital on Oct 17, 2023, although it was the Islamic Jihad misfire missile they fired towards civilian Israelis and accidentally fell on top of civilians in Gaza, killing 40 Palestinians, by Palestinians. BBC later published a sincere apology, 4 full days later. Even though the IDF published proof of the origin of the blast immediately after it occurred.

Al-Jazira news channel for example didn't publish any apology of this false news until today.

To avoid fake news online, we recommend you unfollow Al-Jazira and the BBC as a start. Then, go find other news. We hear that the i24 news channel doing a nice job. The IDF Spokesperson is doing a fantastic job of covering news from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And if you're a real people person, we recommend you to Follow Real People.

When you encounter a description of an event, ask: What? How? Why? Where? When? Who?

• What just happened. Numbers and statistics can help, but not the main point.

• How it happened. What are the conditions that allow this event to happen? Who led to it? Who took responsibility? Who was affected by it? Who benefits and who loses from this event?

• Why am I seeing this reporting of this event? Who benefits from my emotional connection to this event? Am I requested or pushed to donate money or show support that is not my own initiative?

• Where did this event take place? Is the reporter located in the location of the event?

• When this event takes place? Is that the first time?

• Who is publishing this event? What are his motives?