Joke or news? — Fake News · Media Detective
Your aunt shares a headline: 'Town hall bans Mondays'. It comes from an invented site called The Daily Pickle, which writes jokes. Sort the headlines.
Your task
Sort each headline.
- Satire sites write fake news as jokes on purpose. The problem starts when people share them as if they were real.
- Every person, site, post and brand in this case is invented — a training simulation.
Score
- Warning signs — You spotted the warning signs.
- Fair judgement — You didn't call true things fake.
- Checked before sharing — You checked before spreading it.
In real life
Real satire sites exist in many countries. Fact-checkers regularly debunk satire articles that went viral as real news.
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