Kate McIlraith
Sites and suggestions for helping students differentiate between real and fake news
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.
This is a list of fake news sites. These sites intentionally, but not necessarily solely publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.
Snopes.com's updated list of fake news sites and hoax purveyors for 2017.
I’ve noticed that chain e-mails, particularly those about politics, have a lot of things in common: urgent and frightening messages; spelling errors; a tendency to blame mainstream media for not telling the real story; and false, misleading, utterly bogus, and completely off-base claims.
Clickbait, hyper-partisan opinion, and completely false information are running wild across the internet. Advice from Common Sense Media editors.
Fake news is probably one of the most controversial issues of our times and it's even been blamed for the outcome of important elections around the world. Jo...
Page: Evaluating the Credibility of Your Sources - Remember, your use of sources is a means of supporting the argument you make. This means that the sources you reference need to be credible and authoritative. How do you know that your sources are of value? Ask yourself the following questions:
