On February 12 2017, on his show Last Week Tonight, John Oliver said the following (video):
We all need to commit to defending the reality of facts, but it's going to take work. As we've already seen, protests, calls to legislators and lawsuits are effective ways to try an drag the administration back to reality, but this needs to go down to a personal level as well.
We should make extra effort on social media to try and verify stories before passing them on, especially if they confirm our preexisting biases. Ask questions of yourself, like:
- Is this a source I know and recognize?
- Has anyone fact-checked this?
- Does it link to primary sources, and do those sources match what the story says?