Why should you care about whether or not your news is real or fake?
Information on the Avoiding Fake News page has been adapted from:
How to Fact-Check Like a Pro
Sick and tired of seeing misinformation? Never know who or what to trust? Can't figure out if what you've heard is true? Feel duped? Want better tools to sort truth from fiction? Here's a quick guide to sorting out facts, weighing information and being knowledgeable online and off.
Even typically reliable sources rely on particular media frames to select and report newsworthy stories. The best thing to do in our contemporary media environment is to read/watch/listen widely and to be critical of the sources we engage with on social media.
Here are some websites that can help you identify media bias: