FACT FALSE OR JUST FLAWED CRITICALLY EXAMINING NEWS

FACT, FALSE, OR JUST FLAWED CRITICALLY EXAMINING NEWS

WHAT IS “FAKE NEWS? ” • 100% false Intentionally/Knowingly fake/fabricated stories or information presented as facts • Large-scale hoaxes • Slanted reporting of real facts • Imprecise and Sloppy • Manipulated content / Misusing the Data • Parody content Columbia Journalism Review, The Telegraph, and The Huffington Post

MANIPULATED CONTENT / MISUSING THE DATA

FACT CHECKING SITES • • Fact. Check. org A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center • • Politifact Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-check site. Sci. Check Focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy. Snopes Award-winning fact-checking site. All Sides Provides multiple angles on the same story. Open Secrets From the nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the Center for Responsive Politics, the nation's premier research group tracking money in U. S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy.

RESOURCES FOR IDENTIFYING BIAS IN MEDIA • Fair. org A national media watch group, offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship. • All Sides Bias Ratings Provides readers a sense of the political leanings of the source • Media Bias Fact Check A comprehensive media bias resource.

HOW TO BEGIN ASSESSING A PIECE OF NEWS • Handout

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FAKE NEWS FOLLOWING LAS VEGAS • Facebook, Google Spread Misinformation About Las Vegas Shooting. What Went Wrong?   All Tech Considered  NPR. Accessed 4 Oct. 2017. Link • Broderick, Ryan. “Here All The Hoaxes Being Spread About The Las Vegas Shooting. ” Buzz. Feed, Accessed 4 Oct. 2017. Link

THE DAILY CALLER • “Exclusive. ” The Daily Caller, Accessed 4 Oct. 2017 Link • Read and Discuss • Use handout as guideline, but feel free to ask additional questions

USING YOUR HANDOUT EVALUATE NEWS STORIES • “Here’s Why It Is Disingenuous To Say Trump Is Wrong On NFL Ratings. ” The Daily Caller. Accessed 4 Oct. 2017. Link • “‘Monday Night Football’ Ratings Buck NFL Trend & Rise Over Last Week & 2016. ” Deadline, 26 Sept. 2017 Link • Qiu, Linda. “Are N. F. L. Ratings ‘Way Down, ’ as Trump Says? Not Exactly. ” The New York Times, 26 Sept. 2017. NYTimes. com Link • Trump Says NFL Ratings Are “Way Down” Due To Protests. But The NFL Says They Are Up. | Huff. Post. Link