How to detect fake news
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The document provides a 7-step checklist for detecting fake news: 1) Check the source and whether it is a common, well-known one. 2) Compare the news to your prior knowledge and watch for personal biases. 3) Ensure you understand all parts of the information and that it makes sense. 4) Find the news reported on other reliable sources and compare reporting. 5) Check if the news is connected to experts in the relevant field. 6) Consider how current the information is and whether stories of the past or future are being presented as recent. 7) Determine if the news seems too outlandish as it could be satire rather than fake news intended to mislead.
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- 1. How to detect fake news? Checklist http://www.creative-commons-images.com/highway-signs/f/fake-news.html CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. #1 Check the source! Is it common/well-known source?
- 3. #2 Do you know something about that news already? Compare that news with your prior knowledge! Could your own beliefs affect your judgement?
- 4. #3 Do you understand all parts of that information? Does that make sense? Search for clarity! Look for facts rather than opinions! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facts_not_Opinions_cropped.jpg Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic
- 5. #4 Can you find that information on other sources that are reliable? Many sites rewrite other news article. What the original says? Check and compare with multiple sources!
- 6. #5 Is it connected with experts in the field of the information? What about copyright? Are there quotes in context?
- 7. #6 How current is the information? Reposting old stories: Does it mean that they are relevant to current events? Is the story set in the future? Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/gleonhard/13161662325https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Angelina_Jolie_Director.jpg
- 8. #7 And last, but not least: Is it too outlandish - it might be satire — stories that are not meant to fool you but to make you laugh. Those can be kind of fun. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/wasfiakab/36793342215