“Fake news” is…?
“Fake news” is a term used
to refer to fabricated news. Fake news is an invention – a lie created out
of nothing – that takes the appearance of real news with the aim of
deceiving people. This is what is important to remember: the information is
false, but it seems true.
That’s logical! If it is too obvious
that it is a lie, it won’t have any impact.
Fake news is a little like a false rumor, but on a large scale…
Just
as true information has many faces, fake news can also come in many forms.
https://30secondes.org/en/module/what-is-fake-news/
(adapted)
Here are a few of them. Write the number next to the different forms of fake news:
" Leonardo DiCaprio had told People that he
wanted to move to Baie-Saint-Paul, QC, to live on a farm."
In 2017, this photo was published on the web by an anti-immigration group. People were angry to see a bus full of veiled women.
But these aren’t veiled women. If you take a few seconds to look at the picture carefully, you’ll see that in reality, they are empty bus seats!
