Are These News Stories True?
1. Read the headline. What is your first reaction? Is this story true or not?
2. Now take a close look at each news story. Read the whole story and use the 10 Questions handout to evaluate its accuracy. Which of the four categories below do you believe it falls into?
3. What are the best three pieces of evidence that support your conclusion? These should relate to the "10 Questions to Help You Outsmart Fake News and Assess News Accuracy" listed on your handout.
2. Now take a close look at each news story. Read the whole story and use the 10 Questions handout to evaluate its accuracy. Which of the four categories below do you believe it falls into?
- accurate
- fake
- misleading, clickbait, or highly partisan
- satire
3. What are the best three pieces of evidence that support your conclusion? These should relate to the "10 Questions to Help You Outsmart Fake News and Assess News Accuracy" listed on your handout.
Fact-Checking Websites - Use the Search feature on these websites to help evaluate each news story by typing in keywords from the news story.
Lists of Fake News Sites and Ratings for Media Bias - Do these ratings sites all agree on the website you are evaluating?
Media Bias Fact Check
This site provides lists of fake news sites and satire sites and also rates sites according to left or right bias. You can click on the tabs at top to view the lists or enter the name of the site in the Search Sources box at the top of the homepage.
Fake News Checker
You'll find a list of fake news sites on the homepage of this site. See the tabs across the top for lists of satire, left bias and right bias sites.
All Sides Bias Ratings
Look up a news source here and find out what bias rating readers have given it.
Real or Satire?
Not sure if you're looking at satire or not? This site can help. Although the instructions are to paste an article URL in the search box provided, you can also just type in the name of the site or the home page URL.
Media Bias Fact Check
This site provides lists of fake news sites and satire sites and also rates sites according to left or right bias. You can click on the tabs at top to view the lists or enter the name of the site in the Search Sources box at the top of the homepage.
Fake News Checker
You'll find a list of fake news sites on the homepage of this site. See the tabs across the top for lists of satire, left bias and right bias sites.
All Sides Bias Ratings
Look up a news source here and find out what bias rating readers have given it.
Real or Satire?
Not sure if you're looking at satire or not? This site can help. Although the instructions are to paste an article URL in the search box provided, you can also just type in the name of the site or the home page URL.
News Stories - Click on image or on headline to read the full story.
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2. Want a healthier life? Stop shaking hands and start fist-bumping
3. Donald Trump Just Declared His Inauguration a National Holiday
4. Pocahontas Elizabeth Warren Refuses to Disavow Madonna’s Call to Blow Up the White House
5. Trump Proposes One Child Law for Hispanics
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7. At West Point, Annual Pillow Fight Becomes Weaponized
8. NFL Geneticists Working on Developing Ligament-Free Player
9. With 1 EPIC Move, Trump Just Pissed Off Every Liberal in America
10. More People Die from Selfies than Shark Attacks
11. WikiLeaks CONFIRMS Hillary Sold Weapons to ISIS… Then Drops Another BOMBSHELL!
8. NFL Geneticists Working on Developing Ligament-Free Player
9. With 1 EPIC Move, Trump Just Pissed Off Every Liberal in America
10. More People Die from Selfies than Shark Attacks
11. WikiLeaks CONFIRMS Hillary Sold Weapons to ISIS… Then Drops Another BOMBSHELL!