Eric Jourgensen, Ed.D.@DrDarthGrader
Interactive WATER Check

Run the WATER Check.

Use one claim, one headline, one link, one screenshot, or one AI answer. The app will walk you through five moves. You do not need a teacher beside you, and the app will not tell you what to believe.

WATER is a thinking routine, not a credibility score. Your job is to document what the evidence has actually earned.

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How to check a claim with WATER.

Pick one claim from a headline, social post, or AI answer. Follow the prompts to trace its source, examine the evidence, and record what remains uncertain.

1Bring one claim.

Paste or type the headline, quotation, link, screenshot, or AI answer you want to check.

2Answer what you can.

Move through Wait, Ask, Trace, and Examine. It is okay to record uncertainty. That is useful evidence too.

3Choose a response.

At Respond, decide what the evidence has earned: share, question, correct, investigate, wait, or walk away.

Your work stays in this browser. Text answers are saved with local browser storage so you can come back on this device. A screenshot preview is not uploaded or permanently saved by this app.
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One claim. Five moves.

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Start with the claim.

Capture what reached you before you start investigating. Keep the wording as close to the original as you can.

Paste the exact headline, quotation, claim, or AI answer, or describe what the screenshot says.
The image is previewed in your browser only. WATER does not analyze or upload it.
Preview of the screenshot selected for this WATER Check
Next: interrupt your first reaction.
Need the idea before the tool? Read how WATER works. Want the deeper argument about selective truth, framing, and missing context? Visit Everything I Told You Was True.