Name: ______Period: ______
Detecting Fake News
Directions:
1.) Go through each claim, circling your prediction if the assertion is true or false.
2.) Once you have made your prediction, using Snopes.com look up the article.
3) Once you have found it,circle whether it was actually true or false.
4.) If the source is fake, explain how, as well as what the evidence said or described.
1.) CLAIM: Is Facebook Implementing User Fees?
Prediction:True/False (circle one)
Actual: True/False (circle one)
If false, explain: ______
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2.)CLAIM: Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was gunned down to prevent him from testifying against Hillary Clinton.
Prediction:True/False (circle one)
Actual: True/False (circle one)
If false, explain: ______
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3.) CLAIM: Guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier remained at their posts through Hurricane Isabel.
Prediction:True/False (circle one)
Actual: True/False (circle one)
If false, explain: ______
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Spotting Fake News Worksheet Side Two
4.) CLAIM: A man was sentenced to 22 years in prison for stealing a remote control.
Prediction:True/False (circle one)
Actual: True/False (circle one)
If false, explain: ______
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5.) CLAIM: "Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling says that Daniel Radcliffe is Chinese.
Prediction:True/False (circle one)
Actual: True/False (circle one)
If false, explain: ______
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6.) CLAIM: A woman was arrested for killing her neighbors' cats to make fur coats.
Prediction:True/False (circle one)
Actual: True/False (circle one)
If false, explain: ______
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7.) CLAIM: A man locked his daughter in a cage for using Snapchat's "dog filter".
Prediction:True/False (circle one)
Actual: True/False (circle one)
If false, explain: ______
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8.) Claim: Is Everyone Who Bought Milk Since 2003 can get money from a lawsuit.
Prediction:True/False (circle one)
Actual: True/False (circle one)
If false, explain: ______
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Spotting Fake News Worksheet Side Two
9.) Claim: Did 30,000 Cows Freeze to Death in a Winter Storm?
Prediction:True/False (circle one)
Actual: True/False (circle one)
If false, explain: ______
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10.) Claim: An image shows an advertisement for Trump Tower in Mumbai stating that there is "only one way to live" installed over a group of homeless people.
Prediction:True/False (circle one)
Actual: True/False (circle one)
If false, explain: ______
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11.) Claim: McDonald's Creates Nutella Burger
Prediction:True/False (circle one)
Actual: True/False (circle one)
If false, explain: ______
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12.) Claim: Wheaties Cereal Sticks to Magnets Because It Contains Iron?
Prediction:True/False (circle one)
Actual: True/False (circle one)
If false, explain: ______
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13)For Reflection: What is the major point you learned about Spotting Fake News?
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