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© 2019 Constitutional Rights Foundation 1 Understanding Fake News
THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY: INFORMATION
Understanding Fake News
Overview
Standards and Topics
Topics: fake news, news, media literacy, elections
Objectives
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Procedure
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Source List
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HANDOUT A
Understanding ‘Fake News’
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Who Falls for Fake News?
How Is Fake News Spread?
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Fake News . . . or Not?
Ironically, sometimes even
representatives of news outlets
themselves promote distrust in the
news media. On June 6, 2019, Fox News
host Laura Ingraham interviewed
President Trump in Normandy, France,
the site of the D-Day landing during
World War II. It was the 75th
anniversary of the landing, and people
had gathered to commemorate the
event. During the interview, the
president said that the people gathered
“don’t realize . . . that I’m holding them
up because of this interview.”
Immediately after the interview aired,
however, Ingraham told her viewers,
“Some of you may have heard or read
that President Trump supposedly held
up the entire D-Day ceremony in order
to do this interview with me. That is
patently false — fake news.”
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Writing & Discussion
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HANDOUT B
SEARCH for the Truth About Fake News
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SOURCES OF THE INFORMATION.
ERRORS. ― ―
ADVOCACY.
RESEARCH.
COMPREHENSIVENESS.
HYPERLINKS.
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SEARCH Article Title:
Author: Date: News Source (e.g., ABC News,
CNN, New York Times):
What main claim or claims, if any, does the article make in its first or second paragraph?
What source or sources does the article provide to support its main claims? What, if any, supporting
or corroborating sources are provided within the article?
Are there obvious grammatical errors or overuses of colloquial terms? (If so, give one example.)
Does the article have a slant (an opinion)? If so, what is the opinion?
Does this article seem like fake news? What next steps from the SEARCH checklist would you take to
confirm that it is fake news or legitimate news?
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HANDOUT C
A traffic stop turns up whiskey, a gun and a rattlesnake, police say – and that was before they
found the uranium
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HANDOUT D
Check Your Grapes! 700-800 People a Year Find Black Widows in Them
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