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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:

lol

do nothing

get upset

report it

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Photographs are

irrefutable

solid evidence

easily manipulated

do not prove anything by themselves

15

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

NEVER!

only if it was retweeted by many other people too

15

If a news article has quotes from eye witnesses

they were there, so they know

I can trust what they say to be true

I can trust them once their story is verified

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I can trust professional journalists to:

I cannot trust anyone today- I must fact check everything

do all the fact-checking for me

decide which news should be reported

report unbiased news

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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:

it is true

Their take on the story is the correct one

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

I can trust the story

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If a story turns out to be fake...

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!

it's all in fun, no one gets hurt

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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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