Fake News and How to Identify It
When researching fake news, I found on webopedia.com that fake news “refers to false information or propaganda under the guise of being authentic news”. I came to the realization that there are also different methods on how to spot news propaganda. (FactCheck.org has a great list of methods). I attempted to come up with some methods for differentiating fake news from real news myself, and this is what I could come up with:
- Is it a popular news source? If it is, then it is most likely credible since a well known news source wouldn’t put out unverified information.
- Is it a reliable and credible author? If it is an author that has previously published an article for the news source and they are a verified publisher, then it is credible. But if they have a username as their publisher name, you might want to do more research.
- What images are used? If there are images with a watermark and the name of the photographer and a citation, it is most likely valid and true to the article. However if there is a cartoon photo or a text image, then it probably is not credible.
- Who is reporting it? If you see someone on the television news that is well known or rumored for delivering fake news, chances are they’re delivering fake news.
- Are there typos or mistakes? If there are unreasonable typos or punctuation mistakes, chances are that it was submitted from an uncredible “reporter”.
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