In our digital world, where anyone with a little
know - how can post unverified stories online and frame them as fact, when solid web design can make an advertisement seem like an
article, and the question of what is and what is not «
fake news» seems to come up on a daily basis, how do young people — «digital natives» — vet all the information in front of them?
Before heading out to one of our recent forays, I caught up on the
news on the well
known climate blog, «Watts Up With That» and read the 10/39/17
article, How Google and MSM Use «Fact Checkers» to Flood Us with
Fake Claims by Leo Goldstein.