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Fake News is NOT just news that people don't like to hear. "Real" Fake News is when someone has deliberately twisted or changed facts to mislead the reader.

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When you click or share a fake story, the person or organization that created it makes money.
The graphic below is from an article in the Los Angeles Times.

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When false information--Fake News--spreads, it becomes more and more difficult to figure out what to believe. Sometimes Fake News is just about something minor, or silly, but not always. Fake News can change people's votes or other important decisions, and can have a long-term impact.

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Fake News is often written in a way to make you have strong feelings--especially anger. When people feel angry about something, they are less likely to pay attention to the facts.

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People who create Fake News could be anyone, anywhere

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People who create Fake News could be anyone, anywhere

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Anyone can put whatever they want on the internet, and false information can spread quickly. Don't trust everything you find on the internet! Listen to this podcast from National Public Radio, a trusted, non-profit news resource, for their story on finding a Fake News creator.

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A few days before the election, an extraordinary story popped up in hundreds of thousands of people's Facebook feeds. This story was salacious. It was vivid, filled with intriguing details. There was a photo of a burning house, firemen rushing in. The headline read, "FBI Agent Suspected In Hillary Email Leaks Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide."

It was all fake. There was no FBI agent. There was no shooting. The site it was published on, The Denver Guardian, isn't a real news source. It was one of many fake stories that play into conspiracy theories about the Clintons and it worked.

There is one part of the article that was real: the ads. Someone was making money off this phony news article and dozens of others like it. Someone was making profit off a fake story that suggested a presidential candidate was a killer.

Today on the show, we take this single fake news story and follow the clues all the way back. We follow the digital breadcrumbs until we find ourselves on a suburban doorstep, face to face with the man behind a bogus news empire run. Then he tells us his secrets.

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subscribe to Planet Money podcast A few days before the election, an extraordinary story popped up in hundreds of thousands of people's Facebook feeds. This story was salacious. It was vivid, filled with intriguing details. There was a photo of a burning house, firemen rushing in.

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Even the United Nations has tried to address the problem to educate people.
The graphic below is created by UNESCO - World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development Global Report 2017/2018, CC BY-SA 3.0-igo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70286494

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Many people can't identify what news is real and what is fake

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Many people can't identify what news is real and what is fake

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Watch this report from the Wall Street Journal about Fake News and kids your age.

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'Study: Most Students Cannot Distinguish Fake and Real News' on ViewPure

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Do children\'s digital fluency allow them to distinguish between fake news and real news online? WSJ\'s Sue Shellenbarger has surprising results of a study of nearly 8,000 students (from grammar school through college) that tested their ability to tell news from ads and to discern websites from hate groups and mainstream professional organizations.

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Be a critical media consumer. Use factcheck.org as a reliable source to combat the spread of Fake News.
Graphic below by IFLA - http://www.ifla.org/publications/node/11174, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57084301

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Print this out, answer the questions, and turn it in for credit.

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Visit snopes.com or factcheck.org. Both are trustworthy fact-checking websites that have been around for a long time.

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Just because you've seen it in a lot of places . . . 

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Just because you've seen it in a lot of places . . . 

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. . . does not mean the information is true. Just like factual information, Fake News can go viral, where it is shared with lots of different people very quickly. Not everyone is as careful as YOU about checking the facts!
Below are examples of online ads promoting Fake News scams.