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Fake News!

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  • Game Code: 1465927
  •  English    10     Public
    How do you determine what is #Real or #Fake news?
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  • If I see a fake news story was shared on Facebook I can:
    get upset
    do nothing
    lol
    report it
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  • Photographs are
    irrefutable
    easily manipulated
    do not prove anything by themselves
    solid evidence
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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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  • If someone I know or trust tweets about a study or article it is fine for me to retweet it
    absolutely- tweet away!
    only if you read and verify it yourself
    only if it was retweeted by many other people too
    NEVER!
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  • If a news article has quotes from eye witnesses
    I can trust what they say to be true
    they were there, so they know
    I can trust them once their story is verified
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  • I can trust professional journalists to:
    report unbiased news
    decide which news should be reported
    do all the fact-checking for me
    I cannot trust anyone today- I must fact check everything
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  • Every writer has some bias
    FALSE
    TRUE
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  • If a news story is re-posted on social media by an important/ well-known person:
    it is true
    it doesn't matter; they are human too and prone to bias
    I can trust the story
    Their take on the story is the correct one
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  • If a story turns out to be fake...
    it is no big deal
    it's all in fun, no one gets hurt
    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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  • This percentage of millennials got an "F" on their ability to identify FAKE NEWS:
    44%
    62%
    98%
    12%
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