Read the aricle "How to Spot Fake News" By Eugene Kiely and Lori Robertson and watch the following youtube video "Study: Most Students Cannot Distinguish Fake and Real News"
If you had to help someone spot "fake news," what would you tell them? Choose a news article from a reputable media outlet and compare it to an online story that you know is fake. Using the checklist provided on the factcheck web site, compare the two. Although fake news is not new, it seems harder to distinguish and more accepted now. Why? How will this acceptance of fake news impact our democracy?