[Music] hey Scholars when we are reading especially non-fiction texts we need to be detectives looking for Clues to tell us if what we are reading is true something that is true can also be a fact what is a fact a fact is a statement that can be proven to be true with evidence facts do not tell us what someone thinks that is called an opinion when someone makes claims or statements using only their opinion that is called bias let's look at a topic that you might not be familiar with voting ballots Dearborn Michigan has been called the capital of Arab America and more than half of the population speaks a language other than English in their home ham tramit is another city with a large arabic speaking population the title of the article why Arabic ballots are now being offered in Michigan and what this means for voter access in the US is supported by these reasons the article tells us why voting ballots are now offered in the Arabic language in Michigan today we are going to check this article for facts by looking for claims a claim is a statement which needs evidence to Pro prove its effect here is an example of a claim from the article Dearborn is a suburb of Detroit which is Michigan's most populated city most populated means it has the most people living in it where can we fact check to prove Detroit is Michigan's most populated city I started my fact checking on the internet using known reliable sources like government agencies and the Associated Press according to the United States census Bureau and the 2023 census the city of Detroit and the Associated Press Detroit is the most populated city in Michigan with a population of 633215 the census is a count of all the people living in an area so we have a claim and three different reliable sources that state the same evidence we can safely say Detroit is is in fact Michigan's most populated city here's another claim made in the article there has been a substantial or big push in recent decades to create a new census category for people of Middle Eastern and North African descent in part to be better able to collect data and provide services for this demographic I did some research and found out it's true the White House even announced this new category would be added our claim evidence chart has evidence for three reliable sources which all say that having a new category for people of Middle Eastern and North African descent will be beneficial wow we've learned a lot about factchecking today including how to find evidence and how to determine a fact from an opinion let's review these terms in our game on the next screen can you identify the factchecking types with the [Music] [Music] examples if you guess opinion evidence and fact you are right now that you know how to look for evidence and you know the difference between a fact and an opinion you will be an excellent news fact checker [Music]