noun (usually used with a singular verb) false news stories, often of a sensational nature, created to be widely shared or distributed for the purpose of generating revenue, or promoting or discrediting a public figure, political movement, company, etc.
HERE ARE SOME GREAT SITES TO HELP YOU PULL THE PLUG ON FAKE NEWS
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CAN YOU TELL FACT FROM FICTION?
52% of high school students believed a grainy video claiming to show ballot stuffing in the 2016 Democratic primaries were 'strong evidence' of voter fraud in the US. The video was actually shot in Russia.
66% of students couldn't tell the difference between news stories and ads on a news site's homepage. 96% of students did not consider why ties between a climate change website and the fossil fuel industry might lessen that website's credibility. |
College library websites that show examples of Fake News and how it's used to manipulate.
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