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Tom McDevitt

Tom McDevitt is the chairman of the board of directors of The Washington Times, a daily newspaper in Washington D.C. McDevitt is a member of the Unification Church, which indirectly owns The Washington Times. In the early 1980s, he was the pastor of the Unification Church of the United States in Washington D.C. McDevitt's wife of 20 years, Soon Ja, died in 2002. They have five children.

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Tom McDevitt is the chairman of the board of directors of The Washington Times, a daily newspaper in Washington D.C. McDevitt is a member of the Unification Church, which indirectly owns The Washington Times. In the early 1980s, he was the pastor of the Unification Church of the United States in Washington D.C. McDevitt's wife of 20 years, Soon Ja, died in 2002. They have five children.

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  1. date of death: 2002 — 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 death is "2002". 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=1294149490

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