Combatting Fake News
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Combatting Fake News

Don't let your friends fall victim.

Joey Garrison
Dec 22, 2016
University of West Georgia
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Combatting Fake News
Daily Beast

Fake news.

It's all the rage these days - but it's been around forever.

Don't let the media fool you - fake news didn't just appear out of thin air to;

"Hillary Clinton attacks ‘fake news’ in post-election appearance on Capitol Hill"

"Click and elect: how fake news helped Donald Trump win a real election"

Would you believe those are "real news?" Depends on what you consider news.

Now, as someone who has used Facebook for longer than a decade (yikes,) let me be the first to tell you - there was NEVER fake news on Facebook before the election. The viral-shared articles of a man being pregnant, Obama's fake birth certificate, and how aliens were captured by a farmer with 5,000 acres - they were ALL true!

Oh, wait.

Let me share this tidbit of knowledge with all the "Stop Fake News" Warriors - do research before you believe an article from omgIcantbelieveObamadidthis.com.eu/barrack.

I will admit, even from the right, that it is funny seeing shared posts with "Obama is coming after your guns!" from websites like liberalsarestupid.web/myguns/obamawantsthem.

Do your research and fake news doesn't matter. Blame your friends who believe it.


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