Fake News
There is no doubt Fake News exists, but legitimate journalists take pride in providing the facts and keeping the public informed.Journalists play an important role in society giving the public unbiased information, allowing their audience to form their own opinions.The most important thing is to provide the news accurately and objectivity — making sure that your news is credible. With social media, everyone can post a story, but not everyone or everything you read is credible. These are some easy keys when it comes to judging credibility:
There is no doubt Fake News exists, but legitimate journalists take pride in providing the facts and keeping the public informed.Journalists play an important role in society giving the public unbiased information, allowing their audience to form their own opinions.The most important thing is to provide the news accurately and objectivity — making sure that your news is credible. With social media, everyone can post a story, but not everyone or everything you read is credible. These are some easy keys when it comes to judging credibility:
- If something is all in caps, that’s probably suspect.
- If the spelling is off, because somebody didn't do their fact-checking and their verification.
- Twitter — you can tell if someone’s verified. If you see in a link, it says, “.co” usually that’s a made-up website.
- Look for an About Us page, where they explain who they are and where they’re coming from.
HOW TO DETECT FAKE NEWS
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With allegations of fake news becoming the norm after the 2016 election and the rise of social media how prominent is fake news?. We found fake news is not as predominant as we were lead to believe as large social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook have made an effort to eliminate unverifiable news. This has been a Fake News story by Justin Avella '19 and Kyle O'Connor '18.
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Over the weekend of December 12th there were a number of questionable statements released from the CEO of Starbucks, Kevin Johnson, and the CEO of Chipotle, Steve Ells, concerning the future of their companies. This has been a Fake News report by Thomas Rubino '19 and Sean Martin '19
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