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Fake News!

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  • If someone I know or trust tweets about a study or article it is fine for me to retweet it
    NEVER!
    absolutely- tweet away!
    only if you read and verify it yourself
    only if it was retweeted by many other people too
  • If a news article has quotes from eye witnesses
    I can trust what they say to be true
    I can trust them once their story is verified
    they were there, so they know
  • It doesn't matter where a story is published , if it is written by a journalist, I can trust it
    FALSE
    TRUE
  • If a news story is re-posted on social media by an important/ well-known person:
    it doesn't matter; they are human too and prone to bias
    Their take on the story is the correct one
    I can trust the story
    it is true
  • If I see a fake news story was shared on Facebook I can:
    do nothing
    lol
    report it
    get upset
  • This percentage of millennials got an "F" on their ability to identify FAKE NEWS:
    12%
    98%
    44%
    62%
  • Photographs are
    do not prove anything by themselves
    irrefutable
    solid evidence
    easily manipulated
  • I can trust professional journalists to:
    do all the fact-checking for me
    decide which news should be reported
    I cannot trust anyone today- I must fact check everything
    report unbiased news
  • Every writer has some bias
    TRUE
    FALSE
  • 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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