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Notes: Chapter 7 – Fake News Fake news is __ deliberatly __________ false or misleading news stories that masquerade as truthful reporting. … Fake news, whether real or imagined, whether soothing or vexing, is bad for _____ intelligent discourse ___, bad for the pursuit of ____ knowledge ____, bad for __ sane _______ politics, and bad for ___ democracy _______. Critical thinking , whether pleasing or upsetting, offers a necessary ___ corrective _______________. Conspiracy theorists and their accomplices have, in the aftermath of mass shootings and other tragedies, posted fake news designed to incite __ fear __________, ________ suspicion _________, and ___ hate ____________. The most unsettling recent example of the damage that fake news can do to a democracy is the 2016 fake news ___ attack ______________ orchestrated by the _____ russian ___________ government. The classic example of fake news leading to harassment and violence is the “Pizzagate” incident. In your own words explain what happened in this case. ___ Someone read some fake news that this pizza restaurant had a child sex-trafficing ring so he went to the store with guns to scare those working and dining there. ___ Taxonomy of Misinformation In your own words explain the following kinds of messages. Lies : __ lies are falsehoods that are told deliberatly __________ Propaganda : __ biased information that is told and spread to promote a specific political belief _______ Opinions : ____ is only fake news when the opinion is an obvious attempt to decieve ______ Bias : ____ reporting news from only one viewpoint _________ Hoaxes : ___ a lie that is fabricated to be perceived as intricate and true __________ Satire : ___ news that is outrageous and intended to be funny but it still fake _______ Telling Fake from Real If you’ve already concluded that fake news is so widespread and treacherous that there’s nothing much you can do to protect yourself from it, your conclusion is ___ premature _______. In your own words explain (1) what it is to have an attitude of reasonable skepticism and (2) how such an attitude can help you not fall victim to fake news. ____ this is an attitude wherein one is constantly skeptical of the news and ideas they are seeing. This attitude can help keep you from falling victim to fake news because if you question the things you are seeing you will do more research and realize what you originally saw was wrong ____________________________ The text highlights several illegitimate reasons for accepting or rejecting claims from media sources. In your own words, explain at least four of them. __ -people i know and trust believe this -this source goes against what I would normally think - i feel that the claims coming from this source are true -believing this makes me feel good _______ Explain in your own words what it means to read laterally and how it helps reveal fake news and the like. ___ This is when you look at several different sources that are talking about the same subject to get an array of coverage and ideas on the subject rather than just getting one perspective __________________ Explain in your own words what it means to read critically and how it helps reveal fake news and the like. ___ This applies to being sure to look at what sources you’re using and being sure to get good and trusted sources. This helps because as everyone knows it's better to look at publishers such as the NYT rather than wikipedia. One of these sources is far more trusted and well developed than the other ________