100X Fake News

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See: What is Fake News?

CHARACTERISTICS

  • Get a 2nd opinion
    Enter the keywords of the story into a search engine and get a second opinion from a credible news site with verifiable sources.
  • Check the dates involved in the article.
    Fake news writers sometimes take a real story from the past, put an outrageous headline on it, and try to pass it off as a current event.
  • Find the source of the author’s information for the article.
    Is the source credible?
  • Does the website’s appearance look a little strange?
    Some fake news sites mimic the appearance of legitimate news sources, tricking the casual reader.
  • Take a look at the headlines of other stories from the same website.
    Are most of them hard to believe? Shocking? Inflammatory? If so, question the website’s practices.
  • Is the article actually a joke?
    When we say fake news, we aren’t talking about comedy sites like The Onion and ClickHole, which write humorous stories based on current events.

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