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Learn to fight fake news in your classrooms and schools

August 27, 2019

Via: eSchool News

In the 1930s, Upton Sinclair was one of the most prominent writers in the United States. But no amount of fame could protect him, when he ran for governor of California, from “one of the most well-orchestrated smear campaigns in […]


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Media literacy courses may teach students to spot fake news

July 25, 2018

Via: Kelly Redmond

Disinformation and misinformation are new terms that define old tools of the trade of communication: false or inaccurate information or, to put it simply, lies. While disinformation is used to depict the deliberate spread of false or inaccurate information, misinformation […]