Question

1. How do feel about this issue? Is fake news an actual problem we should be worried about?

2. Do you feel confident in sorting out fake news and other unreliable sources from more credible information when reading or watching stuff online? Have you every been duped into believing something that you later learned was fake or otherwise not true?

3. What can we do to help with this issue? Is it even helpful to call something out as fake news, given that this is a strategy often employed by people to simply create doubt and distrust?

Answer 1

1. Fake news is 100% an issue that we face today. Obtaining news is vital as that is how we understand what goes around in the world. If everything that we read, watch, or hear is fake, then that would mean that we had no idea what was going on. For example, fake reports about the corona virus will only make people more paranoid, or make them completely not act the way they are supposed to. Fake news is often designed to pinpoint the issue on one person, which is not okay.

2. Now I do feel more comfortable. I have had many classes that taught me how to do it. However, I have once been tricked into believing fake news.

3. Just simply finding more about the authors, double-checking the information, looking at what type of website it is can go a long way.

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