http://factcheck.org/2012/11/facing-facts-on-fiscal-cliff/
I think anything that has to do with the "fiscal cliff" idea should be fact-checked because it effects everyone in the United States. Around the time of the election the fiscal cliff was one of the main topics in the news every day. It's something that everyone wanted to be informed about and know all the details of what was going to happen. Having it fact-checked would let readers know that all the information they are reading is accurate and since it's an important issue it makes us feel like what they're talking about is actually possible.
I would tell my friend that it's important to know what's going on in the world and just to look at a news site for maybe ten minutes a day. If they aren't too media-savvy I would suggest they start with just the local news because their websites are pretty easy to navigate and they have the most important national news on there as well (such as things about the war and politics). I would recommend Fox 9 and Kare 11 just because there could be a bit of a bias in one of them, but those two are probably the most common local news stations.
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