Lesson plan
Reading Post
The Reading Post (formerly the Reading Evening Post) was an English local newspaper covering Reading, Berkshire and surrounding areas. The title page of the paper featured the Maiwand Lion, a local landmark at Forbury Gardens. The paper was most recently published by Surrey & Berkshire Media Ltd., a division of Trinity Mirror plc. After it ceased print publication in 2015, the Reading Post became online-only and was renamed Get Reading. It was relaunched as BerkshireLive in 2019, before closing in November 2023.
Article summary
The Reading Post (formerly the Reading Evening Post) was an English local newspaper covering Reading, Berkshire and surrounding areas. The title page of the paper featured the Maiwand Lion, a local landmark at Forbury Gardens. The paper was most recently published by Surrey & Berkshire Media Ltd., a division of Trinity Mirror plc. After it ceased print publication in 2015, the Reading Post became online-only and was renamed Get Reading. It was relaunched as BerkshireLive in 2019, before closing in November 2023.
Key claims
- publication date: 2014-12-17 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the publication date is "2014-12-17". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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