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1 GET THE REAL STORY: FAKE VS. REAL NEWS

2 How to Spot Fake News

3 Which of these sites is a legitimate news source?

4 Did this really happen?

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7 What did you do to find the owner/publisher/author of the site?
Click the link below to visit Occupy Theory See if you can figure out who is behind this site What did you do to find the owner/publisher/author of the site?

8 Steps to locate owner of website
Go to easywhois.com Find out who registered this site:

9 Easywhois for occupytheory.org

10 4. Go to easywhois.com Find out who publishes this site: Martinlutherking.org Would it be a reliable site for a study of MLK JR.? Why/Why not?

11 Easywhois for martinlutherking.org

12 Who should you believe? Why?
What kind of milk is the healthiest to drink? Go to: What does the Food Renegade say you should drink? What are the author’s qualifications or expertise? Go to: What does UC Berkeley Wellness say is safest to drink? Who sponsors this site? Should they be trusted? Metric Conversion on a milk carton Containing one half gallon, (64 ounces) which equals 1.89 L. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. quest.eb.com/search/157_ /1/157_ /cite. Accessed 31 Jan 2017.

13 Same Incident, Different Reporting
In December 2016, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrey G. Karlov was killed by a shooter while giving a talk at an art gallery in Ankara, the capital. Read the two articles linked below. This is how the New York Times reported the incident. This is how AWD News reported the incident. 2. Use Media Bias/Fact Check to see how the New York Times is rated differently than AWD News.

14 More fake news examples:

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16 Articles to Read about Fake News
“Is Fake News Fooling Kids?” from CNN “How to outsmart fake news” from CNN “Students have inability to tell fake news from real, study finds” from NPR “Most Teens can’t tell Fake News from Real News” from PBS Newshour “Most students don’t know when news is fake” from the Wall Street Journal

17 Sites to use to check the validity of a source:
Fact Check Snopes Hoax-Slayer Politifact To locate owner of a web site:

18 Questions you can ask to help detect fake news:
Ten Ways to Spot a Fake News Article Tips for Analyzing News Sources Ten Questions for Fake News Detection Tips for Spotting Fake News

19 Students and Fake News

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