Five ways to spot fake news

We all have to become digital detectives

The first is

where is this information coming from?

A lot of fake news sites

Try to create a url which is similar

to a url of a publication that you might know

or you might be familiar with

Ultimately, the best way to understand

wheter or not a site is trustworthy

is to actually read the context on the site

not just one article on it

but other articles and see:

do they meet the standards of quality journalism?

If it makes you really angry,

or really sad

or it makes you burst out laughing

that's actually a red flag to you

because is kinda short circuiting

your logic center or your ability to think

I can look up the author of that article

I can see the other things they've written.

Is there an author of the article?

Because, that's an importante tip

in helping us figure out

wheter or not this piece of information

is actually real and trustworthy.

If i read something that says:

Scientists say that

chocolate cake makes you smarter

Well, what scientists?

and, what exactly did they say?

One of the ways

in which rumors spread is

that a lot of people

keep repeating the same information,

but nobody has verified it.

So journalists depend on

high quality sources

so experts,

how did you come across this information?

how do you know

that this information is true?

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