NLP expert shares strategies to spot and stop misinformation on AARP podcast In Clear Terms

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We are all susceptible to misinformation, but news literacy skills can protect you from being misled. On the In Clear Terms podcast, presented by the AARP, NLP Senior Manager of Education Design Dan Evon emphasizes the importance of verifying content before sharing it.

“If we can resist engaging with this content, resist sharing this content, we can really dampen its spread. And the less it spreads, the less it fools people and the less power it has,” Evon says.

NLP’s Five Factors teaches people how to evaluate the credibility of news and information. 

Listen to the full episode here.

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