Numbers, dates and names — Fact-Check Room · Free Press
A young reporter wrote about the Kite Festival. You hold the official programme in your hand and read her draft line by line.
Your task
Tap the lines that do not match the programme.
- The programme says: Saturday 12 May, 40 kites, organiser Mrs Ana Lopes, and the winner is Leo Park.
- Invented newsrooms and stories to learn from, not real news. Before sharing anything about real people, ask a trusted adult.
- Never share private details of anyone. Nothing about you is collected.
Score
- How news works — You understood how this part of journalism works.
- Truth & accuracy — You checked the facts before telling them.
- Fair & kind — You were fair to the people in the story.
In real life
Small slips in numbers, dates or names are some of the most common errors in news, and they are easy to miss.
Fact-Check Room
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