Fake news - some vocab

"News literacy" means ...

• being able to know what is true and what is not

• being able to know all the facts

• being able to see all the spelling mistakes

When you are "biased", this means ...

• you have based your ideas on facts

• you already have ideas in your head

• you are a very tolerant person

There is a threshold or difficulty that is holding me back. Meaning:

• There is a border.

• There is a border collie.

When you debunk something, you ...

• uncover something

• hide something

• get rid of something

The story had a less popular side nobody wanted to know about. Write down a synonym.

She gazed at the photo indignantly. To be indignant means ...

• being surprised

• being friendly

• being angry

One word for: frequent news updates is ...

She got an on-the-spot-education in fake news. Meaning:

• an immediate education

• she spotted fake news

Confirmation bias is ...

• you like reading stuff that you already think

• you like reading articles that bring you new thoughts

He gazed at her picture for minutes. To gaze has the same meaning as ...

• to drool

• to dream

• to look

• to graze