Debunking Misinformation Online
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- Really? Wow, where did you see that?
- Hey! Did you hear about this gender reveal party going wild? It caused a huge forest fire!
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- It's a website called BGR.
- I've never heard of that. Are you sure that article is true?
- 3
- How would you know? Do you know how to check if it's true or something?
- I don't see why it shouldn't be true.
- While sitting in the living room, Erick was busy scrolling through his phone when he found an article and told Anne about it.
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- Of course I do! First, you have to make sure that the article itself is a source of factual information. You gotta do that by checking if they are using any other sources to support the article.
- Anne, being the skeptic that she is - couldn't believe the story Erick just told her.
- 5
- And then you just have to confirm on a Google News search by typing the headline of the article to see if other news sites are also reporting about it.
- Still not believing, Anne continued to ask Erick if he knew how to check if it's a factual story.
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- What if they don't pop up either?
- Realizing that Erick did know how to tell if articles are true or false...Anne continued to listen so she will know for future references.
- OHH!
- In this case, the author used a video from 12 news!
- Erick educated Anne on the wonders of how to check if an article holds true accountability or false.
- What if there are no other articles about it?
- Chances are, it could be false.
- The learning continues...
- I don't think it's a bad thing if they don't, it could just mean that they are a smaller company. You just need to be more careful and check closely.
- Another thing you can do is to search the website on Wikipedia to see their background information.
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