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Try this:

There's a site called naturalnews.com. What does the name imply? What do you expect to find there? How do you know if the information is reliable?

A quick way to check is to add wikipedia to the address bar.

Try putting https://naturalnews.com wikipedia in the address bar of your browser. What did you find?

What about Buffalo Chronicle v. Buffalo News?

Fact Check Like a Professional

Professional journalists and other fact checkers use the concept of lateral thinking. The Four Movements, or SIFT, spell out what to do:

The SIFT Method was developed by Mike Caulfield for his open-access course, Check, Please.