Fake News Fake World - How to Spot it
The topic of Fake News ( or should we say Fake World ) continues to trend in the news and on social media. Actually fake news is nothing new, its just the first time anyone has found a name for it. Here are a few simple tips in how to avoid being duped by Fake News. 1 - Do I know this website? One obvious question you should always ask yourself! If its not a news site you've ever heard of before then take extra care. Stick to posts from well known News sites Daily Mail, Guardian The Telegraph etc. etc. 2- Which country does the news orgionate from? This can be more tricky to spot but if your news post takes you, or has links to a a website outside of the social media site then its worth checking out the url. A story about an attach on a muslim in the UK found on a website in Russia is less likely to be trustworthy. So "www.Dailynews.Ru" or "www.dailynews.bg" are best avoided for your primary soource of information. A little bit of digging around can reveal ...