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Spotting Fake News Stories- Perhaps We Can Use This as a Guide? What Do You Think?

sassygirl3869 9 July 7
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Snopes.com has been a good fact checker.
I confess if something is too juicy to be true, I’ll still repost it!
Like a fb post of ‘atheist’ trump saying he had an edge over evangelicals in business dealings cuz they would believe anything! Priceless!!!

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I always check the source. Most of my news comes from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

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Oh those are all fake news. How do I know? Why Trump told me. He gets all his news from the internet. He said.."What do I know? I only know what I read on the internet." So there!

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Any news person or journalist will tell you if they make a mistake. No apologies, not a real journalist. Also the title can mean nothing, check out stuff. I consider it to be false until I see it in several, more than three reputable places, do not trust the right and do not trust the left. Though I find the left to correct way more often than any right leaning source.

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I like to check multiple news sources world wide also. thanks

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Some good suggestions... At this point I am wary even about suggestions to find legitimate news sources.

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Good advice and one that I do follow.

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Yes and no. NPR is an org. Some news agencies use the country domains like . Uk
Another good image search is tineye.com
for the most part it's valid....here is a different version,

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So NPR and BBC are 'spoofs'?

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I'm suspicious of anything that says FOX"News".

I am NOT suspicious at all as I KNOW FAUX News is just that ..FAUX News and pure propaganda (as are most "news" outlets).

@jlynn37 When looking for a tell on fake news, that's a tell.

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Good to know

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Most of what I see that is fake has to do with matters of science. If there is no citation then it is probably made up. Kent Hovind is a master at this deception. There are many others as well. Always always always get straight to the source. The peer review is that source for me.

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Good information, we should all be conscientious about only forwarding factual stories.

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