Tips to Spot False News - Facebook

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I thought 1 & 4 were particularily key and easy to spot:

1. Be skeptical of headlines. False news stories often have catchy headlines in all caps with exclamation points. If shocking claims in the headline sound unbelievable, they probably are.

4. Watch for unusual formatting. Many false news sites have misspellings or awkward layouts. Read carefully if you see these signs

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It popped up on my news feed earlier, it was this that made me chuckle..

"Lack of evidence or reliance on unnamed experts may indicate a false news story"

There was an unnamed expert on the Nicky Campbell show last week talking about how they need to get rid of Assad, I'm sure he was a credible unnamed person though. :biggrin:

I was half way through responding to Facebook about these before deleting it all as there's no real point (at the bottom of that page you can fill in a "how helpful did you find this" section.)

For "1)" there's no real point as catchy headlines often (these days) are given to real stories ("United Airlines ASSAULT passenger and DRAG him off plane because they OVERBOOKED their OWN flight"). Most news sources are sensationalising their headlines now.

3) Investigate the source.... my Facebook feed is 50% friends posting, and 50% pages posting clickbait headlines to bullshit stories. Facebook does nothing about "Football Feed"-esque pages posting articles such as "Dortmund game cancelled as TEAM BLOWN UP BY BOMB" etc.

Facebook get too many idiots giving them too many clicks onto too many shite links for them to do anything about it.


It's all one step away from "This doctor found one simple trick to make millions of dollars from United Airlines, and you'll never guess what he did next!!"

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Originally Posted by joncandy

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I thought 1 & 4 were particularily key and easy to spot:

1. Be skeptical of headlines. False news stories often have catchy headlines in all caps with exclamation points. If shocking claims in the headline sound unbelievable, they probably are.

4. Watch for unusual formatting. Many false news sites have misspellings or awkward layouts. Read carefully if you see these signs

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Problem is that there are too many thick ****ers on social media who believe anything posted. That's why Brexit happened.

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

Problem is that there are too many thick ****ers on social media who believe anything posted. That's why Brexit happened.

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Ah,that explains everything ..

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

Problem is that there are too many thick ****ers on social media who believe anything posted. That's why Brexit happened.

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Same thick ferkers who read the Sun , Express , Mail , Star and Mirror.

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Originally Posted by joncandy

https://www.facebook.com/help/188118808357379


I thought 1 & 4 were particularily key and easy to spot:

1. Be skeptical of headlines. False news stories often have catchy headlines in all caps with exclamation points. If shocking claims in the headline sound unbelievable, they probably are.

4. Watch for unusual formatting. Many false news sites have misspellings or awkward layouts. Read carefully if you see these signs

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The fact that you have mentioned facecloth has turned most of us off this topic. It's shite for common narcissistic chavs:thumbup:

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Originally Posted by PerryJason

The fact that you have mentioned facecloth has turned most of us off this topic. It's shite for common narcissistic chavs:thumbup:

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:fishing:Put your little worm away, nobody is biting. :biggrin:

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Originally Posted by joncandy

https://www.facebook.com/help/188118808357379


I thought 1 & 4 were particularily key and easy to spot:

1. Be skeptical of headlines. False news stories often have catchy headlines in all caps with exclamation points. If shocking claims in the headline sound unbelievable, they probably are.

4. Watch for unusual formatting. Many false news sites have misspellings or awkward layouts. Read carefully if you see these signs

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5. Forget about Facebook, turn on your television set, select Channel 1, learn from the masters.

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Originally Posted by Mrs Steve R

:fishing:Put your little worm away, nobody is biting. :biggrin:

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Lol like OMG :hehe:

There taking the word Easter of off are eggs ffs.

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

Problem is that there are too many thick ****ers on social media who believe anything posted. That's why Brexit happened.

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Let it go mate. :hehe:

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Originally Posted by PerryJason

Lol like OMG :hehe:

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:hehe:

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Originally Posted by Steve R

There taking the word Easter of off are eggs ffs.

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Malcolm, is that you? :hehe:

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Originally Posted by Mrs Steve R

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Malcolm, is that you? :hehe:

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PMSL snapchat me bestie:biggrin:

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Originally Posted by PerryJason

PMSL snapchat me bestie:biggrin:

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What? :hehe:

Where's the advice on how to avoid all the fake news in the mainstream media?

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Originally Posted by joncandy

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I thought 1 & 4 were particularily key and easy to spot:

1. Be skeptical of headlines. False news stories often have catchy headlines in all caps with exclamation points. If shocking claims in the headline sound unbelievable, they probably are.

4. Watch for unusual formatting. Many false news sites have misspellings or awkward layouts. Read carefully if you see these signs

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5. Ian Rush

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Originally Posted by Arfur Europe

Where's the advice on how to avoid all the fake news in the mainstream media?

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That's easy.

Ignore it and read ropey WordPress sites instead...