LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Multiple Sources, Critical Thinking

It is vital for each of us to do our patriotic duty to become informed voters for the upcoming presidential elections. Political spin, misinformation, and outright lies are rampant now. 

Our daughter is a high school Social Studies teacher whose tasks includes teaching “media literacy.” She knows it is important to check multiple sources and use your critical thinking to judge the credibility and bias of each source. 

I would suggest picking a few highly political topics, then checking the same news item on at least 3 sources. I have found TV news or websites from the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) and the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) to be relatively unbiased. You could compare their reporting to what you hear from Fox News and MSNBC, or the CBS and ABC networks. 

Whatever you decide, I hope that next year you will feel you have done your civic duty, and you will not suffer “buyer’s remorse” for the vote that you cast on November 5. 

Dale R. Lutz - Maplewood, MN