Misinformation Online
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- 'Gender Reveal Party Causes 47,000 Acre Wildfire in Arizona'What? That can't be true.Nobody is that selfish orstupid!
- STEP 1:USE FACT CHECK TOOLS
- I've never heard of BGR.com. This feels sketchy.I'm going to use a fact-checking tool to check this out! Let me go tobit.ly/fact-checker
- Snopes has a link but it doesn't say either way if the story is true or not. There's a link to another news story though: 'Pink or Blue? Some Gender Reveal Parties TakeDangerous Turn'I'll check it out.
- STEP 2:FIND THE ORIGINAL SOURCE
- This article is credited from the Associated Press. They're pretty reliable. But is this the original source?
- FOLLOWING THE LINKS...
- Link to Story:The Arizona Daily,November 26, 2018
- US Dept of Justice Press ReleaseSeptember 28, 2018
- Google: 'Agent Dennis Dickey'
- Google again...
- Link to Story:The Independent,November 27, 2018
- Link to Story:KOAA NEWS5,November 27, 2018
- Probably theoriginal source!
- STEP 3:VERIFY THE SOURCE(S)
- I need to make sure this is REALLY the US Department of Justice Website. Also, I should check out those other media sources on Wikipedia to make sure they're reliable.
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