The 21st was joined by a panel of educators to discuss Illinois' new media literacy education requirement and why it's important. 

Learn how legit COVID-19 information on Facebook led to misinformation and death threats against health officials.

An Illinois state legislator and her staff have been receiving death threats over a profound misreading of legislation she introduced at the behest of her county health department. The representative joined us to talk about what the bill is actually intended to do and the response to her legislation.

Before we end our special week of coverage about "Who's in charge of the news," we wanted to empower all of you with ways to distinguish credible journalism from social media posts that may be shared by your friends and family that are not based on fact.

We're continuing this week with some of our favorite past segments related to science and technology. Nature versus nurture is one of the oldest debates there is. But the answer might actually be neither. That’s because researchers at Northwestern have found experiencing poverty actually has an effect on your DNA. Plus, figuring out what’s true or false online can be tricky for everyone, but it turns out, older Americans are especially vulnerable to misinformation on social media. Also, in a world of never ending buzzing and alerts, research suggests that in order to get the full benefits of nature, you have to leave your devices at home.