Five ways to spot fake news

The News Literacy Project teaches children how to evaluate the credibility of information they get online.

Here are five tips on how to spot fake news from Damaso Reyes, one of the project's directors who's taught dozens of new literacy classes.

FOLLOW QUARTZ:

[kuriouslife]

Who else’s is watching this because they have an assignment on how to spot fake news

[miyo]

Sad that this kind of information gets promoted by social media sites

[stevesorenson]

So basically use common sense... gotcha 👍🏻

[rezafatul]

Somebody please make an Indonesian version of this video, my country is being torn apart because the spread of hoax and fake news... :(((

[robert__]

its not rocket science, but, as you said in the video, it requires the reader to
1)open the article,
2)read it with an unbiased perspective
3)reach some sort of conclusion
a very large majority of people don't even get to step 1, so why bother. if you activly try to go and "read the news" you'll mostly run into clickbait and/or propaganda.

[xnine]

I'm just watching this video because I'm looking for answers in my online class lol

[huhendu]

The best way...use your brain in everything you do.
After all, internet is what you make of it.

[lauratempestini]

Can you map this out in steps?
This knowledge is So NEEDED !!!

[valiantthor]

"We all need to become digital detectives"
That's funny

[SettingMind]

Great video. Spread the world and educate!

[kevlar]

Jim Acosta, Joe Scarborough, Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, and Chris Mathews. There that's five.

[KelleyStrzelczyk]

How do you know that expert isn't suffering TDS?

[MaryBethAlex]

Excellent instruction. Will use in my Media Literacy class. Thank you for producing.

[kevlar]

ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, AND CNN. There that's five.

[ironegg]

But how do we know this isn't fake news?

[moolvera]

Great promo for the News Literacy Project, but the subscription is pricey. Can educators get tools from other places without having to pay a subscription?

[isaacdarche]

How do you know that experts aren't spreading rumors?

[cealy]

How to spot fake news?
Me: Turn on the TV.

[badmoonrising]

oh you mean like how hard I laughed at the Steel dossier so I shouldn't believe it. got it

[jared]

Five ways to spot fake news, 1. turn on first mainstream news channel, 2. switch to second main stream news channel, 3. Flip to third mainstream news channel. 4. Flip to fourth biggest mainstream news channel, and 5. Flip to fifth corporate and intelligence subsidized, mainstream news channel.

You’ve got it!