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David DeVoe

David "Dave" F. DeVoe (born 1947) has been a Director and Chief Financial Officer of News Corporation since 1990. DeVoe has also been Senior Executive Vice President of News Corp. since 1996. Among those two, he was formerly a director of Gemstar-TV Guide International and DirecTV; he is no longer a director as of 2008.

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David "Dave" F. DeVoe (born 1947) has been a Director and Chief Financial Officer of News Corporation since 1990. DeVoe has also been Senior Executive Vice President of News Corp. since 1996. Among those two, he was formerly a director of Gemstar-TV Guide International and DirecTV; he is no longer a director as of 2008.

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1947 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1947". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1147938270

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