Fake News Vocabulary

The coach showed his bias when he only picked fast boys for the cross country team.

• a tendency to favor one side or person

• content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page on the internet

• false information; fiction

• the title of a newspaper or magazine article printed in large type that says what is in the article; also used as slang for the most important news printed at the front of the newspaper

The headline of the article was so exciting that I wanted to read the whole thing immediately.

• a tendency to favor one side or person

• content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page on the internet

• false information; fiction

• the title of a newspaper or magazine article printed in large type that says what is in the article; also used as slang for the most important news printed at the front of the newspaper

I started to read the article before I realized it was just clickbait, designed to get us onto the website.

• a tendency to favor one side or person

• content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page on the internet

• false information; fiction

• the title of a newspaper or magazine article printed in large type that says what is in the article; also used as slang for the most important news printed at the front of the newspaper

The corrupt government gave the people a lot of misinformation to keep them from suspecting anything was wrong.

• false or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive

• content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page on the internet

• a particular way of considering a situation

• the title of a newspaper or magazine article printed in large type that says what is in the article; also used as slang for the most important news printed at the front of the newspaper

Suella posts so many selfies on different social media websites.

• false or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive

• content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page on the internet

• a particular way of considering a situation

• websites and other electronic communication on which users create communities and share ideas and messages

In order to verify her article, she asked her editor to check it over, even though she thought all the information was correct.

• to check or prove that something is accurate

• a person or thing that gives information

• a particular way of considering a situation

• websites and other electronic communication on which users create communities and share ideas and messages

My daughter's point of view about video games is different from mine; she thinks that it's harmless to play them all the time.

• to check or prove that something is accurate

• a person or thing that gives information

• a particular way of considering a situation

• websites and other electronic communication on which users create communities and share ideas and messages

Are you sure that statistic is true? Which source did you find it in?

• to check or prove that something is accurate

• a person or thing that gives information

• a particular way of considering a situation

• websites and other electronic communication on which users create communities and share ideas and messages

People usually like to read articles about opinions they already hold because of confirmation bias.

• to check or prove that something is accurate

• a person or thing that gives information

• a particular way of considering a situation

• the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories

The photo with the Abraham Lincoln quote about the internet was a complete fabrication.

• to check or prove that something is accurate

• false information; fiction; a lie

• a particular way of considering a situation

• the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories