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Fake News!
Fake News!
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How do you determine what is #Real or #Fake news?
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I can trust professional journalists to:
report unbiased news
I cannot trust anyone today- I must fact check everything
do all the fact-checking for me
decide what is true and what is not
2
If I see a fake news story on Facebook I can:
report it
lol
get upset
do nothing
3
If a news article has quotes from eye witnesses
I can trust what they say to be true
I can trust them once verified
they were there, so they know
4
If a story turns out to be fake...
it's all in fun, no one gets hurt
it is no big deal
people can be hurt and the writer could be sued for slander
the main point is you figured out it's FAKE!
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Every writer has some bias
FALSE
TRUE
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This percentage of millennials got an "F" on their ability to identify FAKE NEWS:
98%
44%
62%
12%
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It doesn't matter where a story is published , if it is written by a journalist, I can trust it
FALSE
TRUE
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Photographs are
solid evidence
irrefutable
easily manipulated
do not prove anything by themselves
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If a news story is re-posted on social media by an important/ well-known person:
I can trust the story
it is true
it doesn't matter; they are human too and prone to bias
Their take on the story is the correct one
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If someone I know or trust tweets about a study or article it is fine for me to retweet it
only if you read and verify it yourself
absolutely- tweet away!
NEVER!
