A Facebook post grabbed my attention last week. It was an August 29 letter from Trappist nuns in Syria to President Obama. But was it real? I used the opportunity to model for my Global and Cultural Perspectives class efforts to authenticate sources. The letter claimed to be from Trappists nuns living in Syria. Trappists …
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