The second largest teachers’ union in the United State will make available to millions of public school students a “news media literacy” tool critics say has a significant left-wing bias. In a new partnership announced this week, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) said it will purchase licensed copies of NewsGuard’s “anti-misinformation” browser extension for the union’s 1.7 million members, who will then be able to share it with tens of millions of students they serve. “For years, educators have fought battles against suspect sourcing, with their students often misled by dubious outlets and spam sites posing as ‘news,'” the AFT said in a press release. “NewsGuard offers a practical solution, alerting students and educators to those sites while also providing a valuable lesson in media literacy.” According to NewsGuard, the company employs a team of “trained journalists and experienced editors” to hand review and rate each site based on …
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