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BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

Fake News in the News.

"Narrowly defined, 'fake news' means a made-up story with an intention to deceive, often geared toward getting clicks."
-New York Times

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GIVE YOUR ONLINE SOURCES THE C.R.A.A.P. TEST.

Is your source the most recent information on this topic?  Are the other stories on the page credible? Do other reputable news outlets carry this story? Does it have an odd domain/address/URL?

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USE IT OR LOSE IT: KNOW THE SCORE.

Use the Scorecard to evaluate these news sources.  
Add up the points and decide to use the source or lose it.

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#1

AMISH FARMER FACING 68 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR MAKING HOMEMADE PRODUCTS.

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#2

MSM LIES ABOUT ILLEGAL ALIENS.

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MCDONALD'S EMPLOYEE FIRED FOR PLACING HIS MIXTAPES IN CHILDREN'S HAPPY MEALS

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THE FAKE NEWS CHALLENGE

Study the terms and take the quiz to prove you know your C.R.A.A.P.!

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REFERENCES

“Child Protective Services Take 80 Million Children Into Custody After Discovering No One In Country Fit To Be Parent.” (Feb. 26, 2017). The Onion. Retrieved from http://www.theonion.com/video/new-premium-uber-service-lets-users-commandeer-any-37955

“Putting Pencils Between Your Knuckles & Pretending To Be Wolverine ‘Perfectly Acceptable’, Finds Study.” (Feb. 21, 2017). Waterford Whispers News. Retrieved from http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2017/02/21/putting-pencils-between-your-knuckles-pretending-to-be-wolverine-perfectly-acceptable-finds-study/

Barnellbe (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AVeave_in_jail.jpg

Borowitz, A. (Feb. 24, 2017). “Republicans Accuse Voters of Using Town Halls to Express Themselves.” Retrieved from http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report.

How Stuff Works. (Jan. 23, 2016). 4 Ways to Spot a Fake News Story | What the Stuff?! Retrieved from https://youtu.be/g5ON3u5rrmI

Kadian, S. (Feb. 24, 2017) “Donkeys take out protest march in Lucknow, ask politicians to leave them alone.” Retrieved from http://www.fakingnews.firstpost.com/politics/donkeys-take-protest-march-lucknow-ask-politicians-leave-alone-19566.

Modesto Junior College. (2017). Are Your Sources Credible? Use the CRAAP Test to Evaluate Your Sources. Retrieved from http://libguides.mjc.edu/CRAAP.  

Portal gda. (2017) “fake news.” Flickr.com Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/135518748@N08/24739598399

Tavernise, Sabrina (7 December 2016), "As Fake News Spreads Lies, More Readers Shrug at the Truth", The New York Times, p. A1,

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RECOMMENDED EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS

Shmoop Editorial Team. (2017). How to Know if a Source Is Reliable. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/m_EAxomGhNY.

Spencer, J. (2016). The Problem with Fake News (and how our students can solve it). Retrieved from https://youtu.be/xf8mjbVRqao

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