What will you learn in this course?

• Every time a public figure makes a statement that may seem unbelievable or odd, you should always ask yourself if it’s a claim or a fact.
• This course will help you in fact-checking such claims made by public figures.
• Fact-checkable claims have tangible nouns, numbers or comparisons and sometimes they come in the form of achievements. Some claims are non-factcheckable as they could be opinions, rhetoric and satire.
• In this course, you will learn how to look for context of the claims being made, verify them using official and credible sources. 

How will the course help you?

• This course will help you identify the amount of misleading claims made by public figures.
• It will help you shape opinions about a particular public organisation, entitiy or an individual based on creidble information. 
• You will be empowered to fact-check public figures. 

Who is the course for?

• Every citizen of the country.
• Misinformation peddled by public figures may have a huge impact on lives, hence it's important for us to know whether the information being passed off is backed by facts or not.