Suggestion 1: Be skeptical. Have you ever played the game called “telephone” or “pass it down”? One person whispers a sentence to someone else who, in turn, whispers it on down the line. Usually, when the person at the end of the line repeats the message it has been humorously distorted. Similarly, modern media—especially the Internet—function as a giant “echo chamber” awash with rumors, hoaxes, half-truths, and urban legends like the one about giant alligators living in New York sewers (Hughes, 2008).