How to protect ourselves from misinformation?

Media expert Samvel Martirosyan presents the basic rules of the “protection”. First, he offers to have several reliable sources. “If you find breaking news on some website, but it does not appear in reliable sources, then most probably it is misinformation. If 4-5 sources do not write about it, then something is definitely wrong,” the expert says.

Martirosyan also tells to check this breaking news with trusted journalists on social networks. In addition, the most important moment of not being “misled” by misinformation is not to hurry. “Fewer people read the denial of misinformation than the misinformation. The lie takes advantage of the tempo, so you must take your time not to be misled,” the media expert says.