Journalism
Separate claim from evidence, and notice what a story leaves unsaid.
Thinking practices that matter here
- Logic & Reasoning
Hidden assumptions
Many arguments depend on a premise that nobody said out loud.
- Evidence & Epistemology
Confirmation bias
A hunch can steer you toward the evidence that flatters it.
- Evidence & Epistemology
Correlation is not causation
Things that move together, or one after the other, are not yet a cause.
- Logic & Reasoning
False dilemma
Two options are presented as the whole choice when nobody has shown that.
A sample scenario
A source offers two options as if they were the only ones. What third path was left out?