Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Fake News



How do you keep up to date with the news? 
Do you find news stories appearing on your social media feeds? 
Do you check the source of the news, just like you would a source in a history lesson? 
Do you question/challenge the view points made? 
Do you seek out the opposition of a news report to help you make your own judgements? 
Do you check to see if a report is true before you share it with others?

In order to combat fake news stories, the BBC has set up a Reality Check team to fact check them. Read more here.

What is fake news? How to spot it and what you can do to stop it.

Try out this quiz to see if you are good at spotting fake news.

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