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John Yang

John Yang is the name of: *John Yang (photographer) (1933-2009), architect and photographer *John Yang (journalist) (born 1958), journalist and television news correspondent *John Baptist Yang Xiaoting (born 1964), Chinese Roman Catholic bishop *Jack Yang, Harvard scientist

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Article summary

John Yang is the name of: *John Yang (photographer) (1933-2009), architect and photographer *John Yang (journalist) (born 1958), journalist and television news correspondent *John Baptist Yang Xiaoting (born 1964), Chinese Roman Catholic bishop *Jack Yang, Harvard scientist

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1958 — 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 "1958". 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=1213046668

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