In the days of print media, it was easy to notice when someone was telling a lie in their tabloids. Typically, the stories had outrageous headlines that made us laugh. In the last decade, these fake stories are no longer funny, but they’re manipulative.
With the rapid speed that information is shared in today’s world, it can be challenging to separate the news from the noise and the true from the false. While some sites, The Onion, for example, intentionally write satire, others intentionally disguise themselves as real.
As the 2020 elections are in full force, it’s more important now than ever to learn how to identify what’s real and what’s fake on your social media feed. In this article, we’ll go over six tips that will protect you from being hoodwinked.
Tip 1: The Source Has a Shady Reputation
Sites such as The Daily Mail and The Sun are known to be unreliable. These U.
