Thomas C. Foster: How to Spot Fake News Like a Professor

   

Misinformation and disinformation clound the news, our social feeds, and our minds in a time when the truth is more important than ever. How do we as readers and writers separate facts from fiction? Thomas C. Foster has some answers. He is the author of How To Read Nonfiction Like a Professor and professor emeritus of English at the University of Michigan, Flint. In this episode of Write About Now, we talk about the election, the pandemic, and other hot-button topics and cover essential strategies for becoming better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media.