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Fake News

What is fake news

Fake News is news articles that are intentionally and verifiably false.

Example of fake news

How Fake News Spread

Examples Of Fake Websites

Thousands of fraudulent ballots for Clinton uncovered. The story, first published online by the Christian Times Newspaper, was disproven by Snopes -- but not before it went viral. One website's version of the story was shared with over 6.1 million people, according to Crowdtangle, which tracks the reach and performance of social media posts.

People tend to imitate news sources to make the news story look real.

First False News

bbc.com-latest-news.xyz. Looking at first glance you would believ this is real but it is not.

The Great Moon Hoax.

Example Of Fake News

How to not get tricked with fake news

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Bernie Sanders In March, a completely fabricated New York Times site published an article claiming that Elizabeth Warren was endorsing Bernie Sanders for president. The story copied the fonts and design of the New York Times, and even used the bylines of two of its political reporters.The Times was forced to address the fake article and clarify that the site on which it appeared was fraudulent and in no way connected with the real Times. The original fake article was shared to at least 700,000 people.

Examples of Most FAke News Sites

1. Watch out for domains that have COM-[text] in them. 2. Go directly to the news source website. 3.Use a reliable search tool. 4.Consider bookmarking your favorite news sources.

1. Newsday (52 historical high-risk domains) 2. The New York Times (49 historical high-risk domains) 3. The Washington Post (20 historical high-risk domains) 4. The New York Post (16 historical high-risk domains) 5. Los Angeles Times (13 historical high-risk domains) 6. New York Daily News (10 historical high-risk domains) 7. USA Today (9 historical high-risk domains) 8. The Boston Globe (6 historical high-risk domains) 9. CSO (5 historical high-risk domains) 10. Chicago Tribune (5 historical high-risk domains)