https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews 1. Add a new note with your name. 2. Answer one of these questions: What have you learned about how to spot fake news? OR What else would you like to know about fake news? en-us 2017-03-12 22:22:01 UTC 2017-03-20 14:03:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842416 Today in class we learned how to spot fake news and we were given some tools that can be used to verify sources. I also looked at a media biased map and saw where some major news sources are on the map. I was surprised to see where some of the sources I sometimes read from were on the map. It is strange how some people's opinions in news articles can change how people think so drastically and the effect they have on everyone like with the incident that happened with Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds. We need to be careful throughout our lives to fact check and always make sure to use good sources in your research.]]> 2017-03-17 16:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842416 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842418 I learned that multiple tools can be used to spot fake news. I also learned that multiple news sources were not as trustworthy as they seemed to be. The other things I've learned are things such as how Google can be used to search for websites that link to other websites.]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842418 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842423 What I would like to know about fake news is why the news websites and broadcasts lie about news. I would also like to know who they hire to do these articles and if they know they are lying to the public or not. ]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842423 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842431 What have you learned about how to spot fake news? I learned that you should not always trust what is on the internet. Most websites are biased and contain false information. I always learned new ways to spot fake news by using the way back machine and easy who is. The way back machine helps me know what the website was like in different years and how the author(s) of the page updated it. Easy who is, is a tool that helps me find who published a website.  This will benefit me in all subjects. ]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842431 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842434 Today I discovered how to use different tools to reveal the fake messages in today's websites. I also learned that many articles and websites are very false and people can be lead on by those fake articles and be misinformed with the information read. Another thing I learned was that many articles or websites are biased, meaning that the articles can persuade you to believe one thing by just focusing on the author's biased opinion. ]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842434 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842439 I have learned that it is harder to tell the difference between real and fake news than I originally thought. Although, by using websites such as easywhois.com and  https://archive.org/ that give us information about websites, finding trusted sources is easy.]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842439 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842443 Today, I learned about all of the different ways to spot fake news. Some people believe that spotting a fake article is hard, but the presentation shows that it isn't. One of the really helpful sites is "Use Media Bias/Fact Check" and this site gives you a brief description of how the site displays information. I believe that this presentation was extremely helpful with giving tools and help with being able to distinguish the difference between real and fake news.]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842443 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842456 I have learned that some news sources are not accurate. A way to spot fake news is to look into the person that wrote the site. This will tell you more about the person who writes the article and will tell you whether or not the are biased. ]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842456 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842460 I have learned to spot fake news by checking the publisher and authors of the site. Sometimes, the team behind the site could have different views that make the site biased. Other ways to check fake news are by using other websites to check the reliability of the information.  

]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842460 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842463 During this lesson, I learned about how to spot fake news and I learned of some websites to help me spot it. I also learned about some websites and news organizations that are sort-of or really biased. Although I found a lot of new information, I would like to learn how to avoid getting fake news.]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842463 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842466 I learned about websites you can use to make sure sources are reliable. Websites like "easywhois.com" and "mediabiasfackcheck.com" can help someone to see if an article is reliable of not. As well, I learned about signs that can spot if a new article is reliable or not.]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842466 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842469 I learned to spot fake news by what type of biases the articles have. Fake news cites have clear bias and the links associated with them aren't credible. The internet isn't always full of reliable sources and to find a good source you may have a do a little digging.]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842469 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842475 What I learned about how to spot fake news is that sites with sketchy and irregular formats have a high chance of being fake. Most of the time, some other fake site links another fake site. Many tools allow you to figure out what is and isn't fake. Fake sites can mostly be based off of opinions of the writer, like the Martinlutherking.org site. There are one too many sites that post revolting or fake information. In conclusion, many sites are deemed untrustworthy.]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842475 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842503 There are a few ways that I've learned to spot fake news. One of my favorite ways would be to look at who's behind the website and who created the content. Fake news & information is normally posted by unknown sources and people, so getting all of your information from trustmethisnewsisreal.com is not a good idea.]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842503 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842505 Today we have learned several ways about how to spot fake news. One example includes trying to find the owner of the article and seeing if that person is credible enough to be telling the truth. Also, another way to spot fake news is to find who links to the "fake" website, and if there is a negative link that relates to the website, then it cannot be credible. ]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842505 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842508 I have learned several different ways to detect fake news. For example, I learned how to use (easywhois.com) a website that gives the registration details of a website. This allows me to research the owner of the website in further detail. Another website I found useful was archive.com. This website, showing the evolution of a site, shows me the difference of how the site looked in the past versus how the site looks now.]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842508 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842522 Today I learned how to use different tools and websites to discover whether or not a news website has reliable information and or biased information. One way to spot fake news is finding the author of the article and using different websites to see if the author(s) has enough experience/credibility to be not biased. Another way is to go to a website and type the news website in the search bar to uncover how biased the website is. I learned a lot of new information today. ]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842522 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842526 I learned how to detect fake news from real news. I have learned that I could check websites for fake news by using https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/ to see the bias of the website. I could also check to see who's behind a certain website or article by using easywhois.com. Another thing I could do is check the history of a website by using https://archive.org/.]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842526 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842531 Today, I've learned that fake news might not be very obvious when you first take a glance at it. Some sites exaggerate news so the information seems to favor their opinion in order to push their views on the readers. You have to look at the background of the author(s) and information that's on the website before you can make your decision. ]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842531 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842554 I learned that you can't trust any news articles because they could have an opinion on a certain topic. I learned to use a few websites to find out the what's really going on with a website. I also learned that most websites could just straight up lies on every article and could have clickbait.]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842554 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842593 In the library today I have learned about fake news and the tools to spot these impostor websites.The website called www.easywhois.com, allows the user to fine who registered the website, and from there you google the person to find who they actually are. Another tool that is really helpful is called mediabiasfactcheck.com which give the user insight in to the bias of the website. This comes in handy when unbiased sources need to be used. These tools can help students all around get rid of having misinformation. ]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842593 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842597 I have learned that fake news mainly originates from biased opinions about that topic. I also know what websites are regularly publishing biased articles that can go under the category of fake news. Also I learned how to use many websites that help me find fake news.

]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842597 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842636 Today I learned that if a website does not show its resources or it's credentials it is most likely fake. I have also learned if a website shows its credentials, and the credentials are legit it is most likely real. I also learned that a lot of websites if not all always has a biased opinion of a certain topic. For example https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842636 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842657 Today I learned about fake news and tools used to detect fake news. I have also learned how reliable a website is by using the website https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/. I also learned that you can find out if a website has good credibility or not by seeing who is linked to the site by using "link:" before typing a URL in the search bar.]]> 2017-03-17 16:26:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842657 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842710 I have learned many things to help me spot fake news. I learned that their are multiple websites out there that can help you find out who wrote the site so you can figure out whether it is fake or not. I also learn that their is a website (mediabiasfactcheck.com) that tells you about the news site you are reading from so you can determine whether to believe it or not.]]> 2017-03-17 16:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842710 https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842774 I have learned about the existence of two websites I can use to check media bias. First, I can use easywhois.com to find out who owns a website, and check their credibility. I can also use Mediabiasfactcheck.com to find out how credible/biased a source is. ]]> 2017-03-17 16:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ekahn2/Bordelon2ndfakenews/wish/160842774