Call it what you want.  If it is not NEWS then it must be...

  • Fake news - is a type of hoax or deliberate spread of misinformation (false information), be it via the traditional print or broadcasting news media or via Internet-based social media. To qualify as fake news, a story has to be written and published with the intent to mislead in order to gain financially or politically.
  • Satire - the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
  • Bias - prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.​
  • Misinformation - false or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive.
  • Click Bait - (on the Internet) content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page.
  • Disinformation - false information that is intended to mislead, especially propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power or the media.

Real news (How to tell)

It passes the CRAP test!
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(Sometimes you'll see two "A"'s another one for Accurate)

​Your best bet to avoid all this is to use the...
​Databases at UEN.org
a.k.a.
Utah's Online Library!
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Use this rubric to score your sources.

Fake news (How to tell)

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It Fails the CRAP test!  

The site is:
NOT Current, or
NOT Reliable, or
No Authoritative author, or its
​POV or Purpose is very strongly opinionated.

Use this LINK to find your source

See what others think of it!

News sites

Not news sites.

Use this living Google Doc that currently has over 800 sources and their various reasons.  Scroll through it! ctrl F to find YOUR source.
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I do not want to list any here so that I do not promote them! The more they're promoted the more support they get!

​Rules of thumb.
  • Too many ads
  • Too unbelievable
  • Irrelevant pop-ups
  • Check the URL
  • Google the "Headline"

Fact Checking sites

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  • Media Bias / Fact Check
  • Learn about a source.  Go to the link image on left or below and search "Salt Lake Tribune" to see how it biased.
  • Click the categories in the Black area!
  • Search for your own sources. ​
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Snopes
..."​has since grown into the oldest and largest fact-checking site on the Internet, one widely regarded by journalists, folklorists, and laypersons alike as one of the world’s essential resources."
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Politifact
"PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics. PolitiFact is run by editors and reporters from the Tampa Bay Times..."

Deliberate CRAAP examples (Can you spot why?)

Instructional Sites
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