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Robert Scheer

Robert Scheer (born April 4, 1936) is an American journalist and professor who has written for Ramparts, the Los Angeles Times, Playboy, Hustler Magazine, Truthdig, ScheerPost and other publications as well as having written many books. His column for Truthdig was nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate in publications such as The Huffington Post and The Nation. He is a clinical professor of communications at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California. Scheer is the former editor in-chief for the Webby Award-winning online magazine Truthdig. Scheer’s work tends to embrace left-wing politics, and for many years, he co-hosted the nationally syndicated political analysis radio program Left, Right & Center on National Public Radio (NPR), produced at public radio station KCRW in Santa Monica. The Society of Professional Journalists awarded Scheer the 2011 Sigma Delta Chi Award for his column.

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Robert Scheer (born April 4, 1936) is an American journalist and professor who has written for Ramparts, the Los Angeles Times, Playboy, Hustler Magazine, Truthdig, ScheerPost and other publications as well as having written many books. His column for Truthdig was nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate in publications such as The Huffington Post and The Nation. He is a clinical professor of communications at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California. Scheer is the former editor in-chief for the Webby Award-winning online magazine Truthdig. Scheer’s work tends to embrace left-wing politics, and for many years, he co-hosted the nationally syndicated political analysis radio program Left, Right & Center on National Public Radio (NPR), produced at public radio station KCRW in Santa Monica. The Society of Professional Journalists awarded Scheer the 2011 Sigma Delta Chi Award for his column.

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1936-04-04 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of birth: 1968-09-08 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. date of foundation: 2020 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. publication date: 2008 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. release date: 2015-02-21 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  6. release date: 2010-09-07 — 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 "1936-04-04". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of birth is "1968-09-08". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the date of foundation is "2020". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the publication date is "2008". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the release date is "2015-02-21". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. The record states that the release date is "2010-09-07". What evidence would count against this claim?
  8. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  9. 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=1350619172

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.