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How do you determine what is #Real or #Fake news?

Study Slideshow

#fake #real

If I see a fake news story was shared on Facebook I can:

do nothing

get upset

lol

report it

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Photographs are

solid evidence

easily manipulated

do not prove anything by themselves

irrefutable

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It doesn't matter where a story is published , if it is written by a journalist, I can trust it

TRUE

FALSE

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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

NEVER!

absolutely- tweet away!

only if it was retweeted by many other people too

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If a news article has quotes from eye witnesses

I can trust them once their story is verified

they were there, so they know

I can trust what they say to be true

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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 which news should be reported

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Every writer has some bias

TRUE

FALSE

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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

Their take on the story is the correct one

it doesn't matter; they are human too and prone to bias

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If a story turns out to be fake...

it's all in fun, no one gets hurt

it is no big deal

the main point is you figured out it's FAKE!

people can be hurt and the writer could be sued for slander

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This percentage of millennials got an "F" on their ability to identify FAKE NEWS:

62%

44%

12%

98%

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