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Consider the Source
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Activity #1听 Consider the Source
Look at the list of headlines and sources below.听 Which are fact-based news and which are fake news?
1.United Airlines Passenger Given Parachute and Ordered to Leave Plane Mid-Flight听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Source:听 Real News Right Now
2.Charlottesville Killer Was Hillary Supporter, Funded by Soros听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Source:听 YourNewsWire.com
3.Singer Celine Dion Says: "I Can't Even Look At An American Flag Any More, I Hate This Country." Do You Support Her?听听听听听听听 Source USADailyNewsPosts.com
4.South Korea Plans 'Decapitation Unit' to Try to Scare North's Leaders听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Source: New York Times
5.Study: Majority of Americans Fantasize About Other Countries During National Anthem听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Source: The Onion
6.Minnesota University Teaches Philosophy Through Harry Potter听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Source: Associated Press
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Activity #2 It's Just Not That Hard to be Accurate
Put these headlines into a search engine, how long does it take you to determine the accuracy? Which are true and which are false?
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1. Marilyn Manson Dies from Injuries Sustained during Show |BREAKING NEWS
2. Man Arrested After Selling Farts In Jars Without A Vending License
3.听Eating Alligator in New Orleans Could Help Save the Wetlands of Louisiana
4.听Five-foot long tapeworm came 'wiggling out' of man's body after he ate sushi
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Now for your final test.听 Can YOU spot Fake News?
Activity #3 Take the Factitious News Quiz
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