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Fake News – Analyzing Online Resources

 

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Finding and analyzing information can be tough in this era of fake news, hoax sites, propaganda, and the ability of anyone to make a good-looking website.  Here are some Pro Tips:

START with reliable resources and use our library’s online Research Tools and Reliable Online News Sources.

SPOT FAKE NEWS: Fake and unreliable news often has these characteristics

  • No author, anonymous author, or fake-sounding author
  • Articles make you really angry
  • All caps in titles or article
  • News title doesn’t match article content (clickbait)
  • Pictures or videos with no attribution, or that you’ve seen before
  • Often a right or left leaning bias
  • No quotes in story
  • No About Us, or suspect-sounding information
  • Lots of pop-up ads

TEST NEWS FOR RELIABILITY:

  • Weird URL? Search the site on Wikipedia and see how they label it
  • Are other news outlets carrying the story? Verify information in several places
  • Snopes.com is a great fact checker
  • Reputable Fact Checking sites from Common Sense Media
  • Search the topic on Wikipedia
  • Factcheck.org and politifact.com for news and politics
  • Our Website Evaluation Checklist can help you decide if a site is reliable or not

Ask Ms. Jackson Sanborn for help!

 

 

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