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English Composition · Chapter 8

The Ninety-Second Lateral Read

Professional fact-checkers beat both students and historians at judging unfamiliar websites, and the thing they do differently is almost embarrassingly simple: within seconds they leave the page. You have ninety seconds and a page you have never seen. Spend the budget, watch which moves buy you something and which buy you nothing, then make the call — and be ready to say what evidence you are calling it on.
The page in front of you
☉ nightshiftwellness.org  /research/fatigue-study
Night Shift Wellness Collective

New research: NightGuard cuts post-shift fatigue

42%

reduction in post-shift fatigue reported in a randomized trial at an independent sleep laboratory.

Shift workers lose an average of eleven nights of sleep a year. Our formulation was developed by researchers who understand the circadian cost of night work.

“I felt the difference after four shifts.” — Dana R., ICU nurse
Read the press release →
By Dr. J. Marston, Wellness Researcher · Updated last month
Practice specimen. The site, product, study, and byline are invented for this exercise.
Seconds left
90
on the pageoff the page
Spend your ninety seconds — each move costs what it costs

SIFT — the four moves

Your dossier

The call