Hey, my name is Tommy from Tommy Toalingling,
and I'm wearing fake-glasses.
In order to check for the veracity of the news, we have to question ourselves:
Is that the truth, or is it fake news?
"Obama signs an executive order banning the pledge of allegiance in U.S. schools "
According to giga.de, this has been the most popular hoax, or fake news, on those social media
that have a content of more than two million.
I don't know about you, but most of us have already been fooled by fake news.
Even worse, we might have even shared them with our friends on social media.
Inaccurate information is nothing new, newspaper hoaxes existed already in the past.
But the internet means stories can reach more people more quickly.
There are innumerable sources of news
- professional journalism, unprofessional journalism,
amateur journalism, such as blogs and vlogs, or news channels on television.
By now, almost everyone can pretend to be a journalist and post his/her opinion or events in the internet
- on Facebook or twitter. Of course, this is great, it means anyone can have a voice.
But what if fake-news are spread the same way?
Perhaps even consciously incorrect and unconfirmed fake-news.
But what actually are fake-news? And how can we learn to distinguish between facts and fiction?
There are some ways to uncover fake-news, to question news.
Not only when reading these news, but especially when we are about to share them.
It is important to understand that not everything is the way it seems
- online, as well as offline.
Alright, let us take news we have just read and we are not sure how much of it is true.
In order to check for the veracity of the news, we have to question ourselves:
Have I always been wearing glasses, or do I wear them just for my videos?
Why did this news story catch your interest? Was the headline provocative
- or did it just arouse your curiosity?
Probably both - I mean the article is supposed to be read somehow.
Read beyond the headline. Does it fit the topic? What actually is the topic?
It's not what you say, but how you say it: What is the article, or the message written like?
Objective, sensational, subjective, or even whimsical?
If it is the latter, it's likely to be satire.
The article should be written in a factual and neutral way,
if it is not a column or a commentary.
Let's keep in mind that an opinion remains an opinion and is not fact,
even though the journalist might refer to a lot of facts.
Journalist have an obligation to present the facts and avoid assumptions.
That's why unconfirmed theories are characterized by "purportedly" or "allegedly".
Have a look at the author - and the date.
Is the news story op-to-date or is an old one, published because it fits the current events?
And the author - does s/he call herself/himself an expert, or is s/he really an expert on the subject?
Who - or what is the source? Does it seem reliable - or does the link possibly contain fictitious names?
Have a look at the "imprint" or the "about" section. Who is behind the website or the news story.
Is the story sponsored? Could it be advertisement to sell a certain product?
If it is still difficult to categorize the news story, it is often helpful to cross check it:
What do other sources say, other websites? You don't find anything alike?
There are also other possibilities to check facts - the so-called fact checking tools in the internet.
For example, mimikama.at or faktenfinder.tagesschau.de.
Google also has an integrated fact-checking-label in its news section.
News stories are evaluated according to their truthfulness and adherence of facts.
This way, we are able to tell at a glance who says what and whether or not it is trustworthy.
Of course, these fact-checks are not perfect, they might even contradict another.
But at least they are a step in the right direction.
It is not easy to always differentiate between opinions, speculations and fictions on the one hand and facts on the other.
It is all the more important to evaluate news stories in a sensible and critical way
in the internet as well as in the real world. We need to critically assess the news.
I myself have not fallen for fake news so far. I don't know, maybe I question everything, or I just accept it
possibly I just do not care. I don't know.
Well a colleague of mine got actually tricked by fake news.
She has one of these news-apps where all news stories are collected.
Once she read out the headlines.
It was about a two-year old boy who shot his mom while driving in a car,
a skyscraper that collapsed,
and that Rome was actually built on a single day.
She kept on reading, but I was like "what? Rome built on a single day
- that got to be fake news, that cannot be true!"
But she said: "it is true, that's what it says right here".
I insisted: "have a look at it again, it might be from Postillon"
and as a matter of fact, is was from Postillon.
Thus, we should always be careful when reading the headlines!
By the way, I war my glasses, because I really cannot see without them, I am as blind as a mole.
Well, you guys may believe everything I have told you so far -
you may trust the whole video, I am trustworthy.
What about you - did you ever fell for fake news? Or do you know anyone who did?
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