Online News Sources. Can you know if they are fake news?
Online News Sources--Can you know if they are fake news? There has been a great deal controversy involving a new term, 'Fake News'. Media reporting, in my opinion, has reached an all time low in the trust of the American people. No longer is reporting the facts the purpose of Newsrooms. Today, it seems, news from every outlet is slanted, opinionated, and purposed towards an agenda. Most Americans read the news on their smartphones or their computers. But, is what we are reading the truth, or a version of the facts that we are led to believe is truth. How can we discern fact from falsehood, truth from lie, or as it is termed today, Fake news. We must all learn to become fact checkers. We have a responsibility to discern what is true. How to do that is issue. If a news fact can be verified objectively, we must seek out trustworthy sources for verification. One way to check an online source is to see if they own their own domain. Those that own their domain are mor