LibGuides: Fake News: Media & News Literacy: Check your own claim!

Practice makes perfect

Use the tips throughout this LibGuide to check your own claim, or use one of the claims listed below for practice. Remember, fake news articles may fall under multiple categories and might even mix in a few facts amid their falsehoods.

Quick and simple debunking exercise

Compare these two links. Which one do you think is true? Why or why not?
1 - Eat This Not That: Shocking Facts About Farmed Salmon
2 - Washington State Department of Health: Farmed vs. Wild Salmon

Select a claim to examine

Food Babe: How Food Companies Exploit Americans
This article claims that US consumers ingest chemicals that people in other countries don't. Is that true? What else does this article imply?
Spoon University: Drinking Tequila Could Help You Lose Weight
Can you find enough evidence to prove or disprove this claim?
NPR: Man pulls 5 1/2 foot long tapeworm out of his body
Eeeyew, gross! But is it fact or fake?
Getting to the Root of Acne
Up for the challenge of proving or disproving this one?
Newser: Guy Whose Property Was Being Seized Left Crazy Booby Traps
Is this a likely story? You decide!
WBNS 10: Mayor says ice shanties lead to prostitution
Is this claim real or not? What evidence exists?

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Fake News: Media & News Literacy

Practice makes perfect

Quick and simple debunking exercise

Select a claim to examine

Tips For Evaluating the News from "On the Media"