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Consider The Source: How To SP T Fake News

This document provides tips for identifying fake news. It advises readers to consider the source of the news, check the author's credibility, look at the date, check for biases, read beyond headlines, verify supporting sources, determine if the news is satire, and consult fact-checking experts. Following these tips can help determine if a news story is truthful or intentionally spreading misinformation.

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Consider The Source: How To SP T Fake News

This document provides tips for identifying fake news. It advises readers to consider the source of the news, check the author's credibility, look at the date, check for biases, read beyond headlines, verify supporting sources, determine if the news is satire, and consult fact-checking experts. Following these tips can help determine if a news story is truthful or intentionally spreading misinformation.

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FAKE NEWS

How to sp t Fake News


In the current crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
media workers are as vital as other essential professionals.
Many factors are transforming the communications landscape, raising
questions about the quality, impact and credibility of journalism.
At the same time, orchestrated campaigns are spreading untruths -
disinformation, mal-information and misinformation - that are
often unwittingly shared on social media

1 Consider the Source

Click away from the story  www.covide-19.com

to investigate the site,


its mission and its
contact information

2 Check the Author

Do a quick search
on the author
Are they credible?
Are they real?

3 Check the Date

 Wissam AWAD
Reposting old news Journalist

stories doesn’t mean


they are relevant to 17 April 2020

Wissam AWAD

current events Journalist

4 Check for Biases


This looks
biased
Check if your own
beliefs could affect
your judgment

5 Read Beyond
LIVE

Headlines can be BREAKING NEWS


outrageous in an NEWS
effort to get clicks. TODAY

What’s the whole


story?

6 Supporting Sources

Click on those links.


Determine if the BBC
information given
NEWS
actually supports
the story

7 Is it a Joke Is this
a joke?

If it is too outlandish,
it might be satire.
Research the site
and author to be
sure

8 Ask the Experts


Let me ask
an expert

Consult a fact
checking site
or ask a librarian

beirut@unesco.org https://en.unesco.org/fieldoffice/beirut UNESCO Office in Beirut @UNESCOBEIRUT

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