https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUiYglgGbos
Seriously, if you can't tell if something on the internet is fact or fiction, tag @MediaWise and use the hashtag → #IsThisLegit ←and they'll help you figure

https://www.reddit.com/r/SmarterEveryDay/comments/b26fne/why_your_newsfeed_sucks_smarter_every_day_212/
218 votes, 63 comments. 70K subscribers in the SmarterEveryDay community.

https://www.npr.org/2016/12/11/505154631/a-finders-guide-to-facts
Fake news stories about a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant prompted a real person to "investigate" with a rifle in early December. But let's properly define the problem. History and experience

https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/12/05/503581220/fake-or-real-how-to-self-check-the-news-and-get-the-facts
Fake news stories can have real-life consequences. On Sunday, police said a man with a rifle who claimed to be "self-investigating" a baseless online conspiracy theory entered a Washington, D.C

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wander-woman/201702/how-discern-fake-news-real-news
You then label their argument absurd, ignorant, or biased. A USC study found that challenges to political beliefs, like religious beliefs, activate the same brain areas as when you see a snake or

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/laugh-cry-live/202008/don-t-be-fooled-how-spot-fake-news-and-false-information
When you believe or share fake news and false information, you're putting manipulators in charge of what you think or do. Being a smart, careful consumer keeps you well informed about the facts

https://news.asu.edu/20200407-solutions-7-ways-protect-yourself-against-misinformation
6. When you see your friends and family share misinformation, correct them. "Always be kind when helping people identify misinformation. Don't insult people's intelligence," Roschke said. "Don't repeat lies, because when you emphasize the thing that they got wrong, they're actually cognitively more likely to remember the thing they got wrong.

https://guides.stlcc.edu/fakenews
Fake news is "any news that contains intentionally misleading information." When you see a "news" story, you need to dig a lot deeper than the headline or the text of the article to know whether what you are seeing is fact rather than speculation, opinion, or outright fiction. "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."

https://www.factcheck.org/2016/11/how-to-spot-fake-news/
5. Fake news is nothing new. But bogus stories can reach more people more quickly via social media than what good old-fashioned viral emails could accomplish in years past. Concern about the

https://www.lwv.org/blog/essentials-fact-checking-know-your-news
Incorporating a fact-checking routine will add balance to your news consumption. Creating moments of pause and reflection when reading the news allows you to ask essential questions and analyze deeper. Fact-checking builds a renewed sense of critical thinking —. and it's important to use this skill set across media outlets to discern the

https://archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/skills-and-strategies-fake-news-vs-real-news-determining-the-reliability-of-sources/
Video and a related lesson plan from TEDEd.. The concept of "media literacy" has been around for decades, but "news literacy" is a new field that is growing as fast as the boundaries around old definitions of journalism are being dismantled. The Center for News Literacy explains it this way: The most profound communications revolution since the invention of Gutenberg's printing press

https://guides.ucf.edu/fakenews/factcheck
"AllSides empowers you to understand the role media bias plays in the news and information you consume. The AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ and AllSides Media Bias Chart™ help make news bias transparent, allowing you to identify different perspectives and political leanings so you can get the full picture and think for yourself."

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2020/0430/Fake-news-101-A-guide-to-help-sniff-out-the-truth
The European Journalism Centre just put out a new edition of its Verification Handbook that addresses disinformation and media manipulation. UNESCO compiled a seven-module course for teaching

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002604361/theres-more-news-than-ever-but-that-doesnt-mean-the-truth-is-breaking-through
In the past year, discussions about facts and truth have sprung up not only in the context of the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and after former President Trump refused to concede

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/13/media/truth-disinformation-reliable-sources/index.html
Every night, after I send out this newsletter, my inbox is full of stressed-out readers. My reply: You are not alone! Everyone seems to be "doom scrolling" through the day.

https://www.journalismonline.com/which-story-is-right-how-to-know-where-to-find-news-you-can-trust/
Here's how to figure out if a given news story is accurate, and how to find trustworthy news. Contents hide. 1 Consider the Source of the Story. 2 Avoid Using Social Media as Your Primary News Source. 3 Don't Base Truth on Politics. 4 Think It Through. 5 Look for Common Signs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/learning/how-do-you-know-if-what-you-read-online-is-true.html
By Michael Gonchar. Jan. 19, 2017. How do you know if what you read online is true? Back in 2013, we asked this same question — before the stakes had gotten so high with fake news influencing

https://www.journalismonline.com/trusted-news-sources-vs-fake-news/
Let's go through the top ways to find trusted news sources for your information needs. Contents hide. 1 Look at Wire Services. 2 Check Your Bias When Evaluating News Sources. 3 Use Critical Thinking. 4 Look For Missing Pieces. 5 Do Your Own Research. 6 Look Back on Your Experience Reading the News. 7 Check the Source References.

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2020/02/25/how-to-decipher-the-news-to-find-the-facts-and-gain-better-perspective/
Longtime journalist and Newhouse School adjunct professor Tom Boll teaches news literacy in his course COM 337, Real News, Fake News: Literacy for the Information Age. He offers ways to better examine what you may be reading in terms of news to have a more informed perspective about the day's events and issues.

https://guides.lib.umich.edu/c.php?g=637508&p=4462378
A quick Google search may not give you a definitive answer to today's complicated questions. It is probably unrealistic to come to the conclusion that there is one definitive answer to every question. Use your best judgment and back up your ideas with ethical evidence. If you haven't read a news article with a critical eye, DON'T SHARE IT. Only

https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-most-trusted-news-source-online-comment-sections-google-2024-6?op=1
"The old guard is like: 'Yeah, but you have to care ultimately about the truth,'" Green says. "The Gen Z take is: 'You can tell me your truth and what you think is important.'" What establishes

https://researchguides.ben.edu/c.php?g=608230&p=4219917
You deserve the truth. You are smart enough to make up your own mind - as long as you have the real facts in front of you. You have every right to be insulted when you read fake news, because you are in essence being treated like an idiot. Fake news destroys your credibility. If your arguments are built on bad information, it will be much more

https://www.remc.org/21Things4Students/21/9-search-strategies/q5/
During this Quest, you are asked to pop the filter bubble by spotting and defeating the spread of fake news. 3. Watch the video below. These are things you should be looking for as you read articles on the Internet to help you tell the difference between real and fake news. 4.

https://bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/5-rules-read-news-big-think-way/
The strategic thinker avoids such "sportization" of the news. #3. Look for macro patterns. Another way the news keeps us engaged is by reporting on the surprising, interesting, and threatening

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/media/donald-trumps-truth-social-media-diet/index.html
New York CNN —. Donald Trump can't quit Fox News. The Republican presidential candidate may lash out in strong terms at the right-wing channel for supposedly not being sufficiently loyal to

https://themarkup.org/privacy/2023/12/12/your-smart-tv-knows-what-youre-watching
If you bought a new smart TV during any of the holiday sales, there's likely to be an uninvited guest watching along with you. The most popular smart TVs sold today use automatic content recognition (ACR), a kind of ad surveillance technology that collects data on everything you view and sends it to a proprietary database to identify what you're watching and serve you highly targeted ads.