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WorksheetsAre These Stories True Vocab
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 6mins
A possible meaning of integrity could be:
to lie to and deceive others
be honest and have moral principles
to be dirty and gritty
If you are 'objective' you are:
Able to consider something with little or no bias
Able to say no
move vary rarely and act like an object
If Ken is overdramatizing something he is
dramatically doing something over and over
watching too many dramas on TV
making something seem more important than it really is
If someone is __________ she is well respected by others.
reputable
ostentatious
odious
These are what newspapers will do if they make a mistake
retractions
subtractions
refractions
If a news paper article is 'sensational', that means it
will lack nuance and go with what is 'exciting'
be very good
be balanced and without bias
If something is 'unsubstantiated', that means it:
hasn't yet been confirmed by others
is like a gas
is definitely true
A synonym for 'unintentional' is
essential
wittily
unwittingly
If fake news looks like real news
it makes real news more believable
we can't tell what is true and what is fake
it makes us trust media outlets more
In America traditional media outlets had the obligation to be
very patriotic
very biased
more or less objective
Social media largely allows fake news because
they make money from 'clicks' and fake news gets clicks!
they want people to get all points of view on issues
they want society to collapse
American democracy is in danger from fake news because
Americans don't get their news online
it is easy to make and people all over the world speak English
Fake news isn't new but it spreads more quickly with
the invention of hyper-sonic jets
faster cars
new developments in communication technology
An example of good practice among news rooms is
working overtime
yellow journalism
fact checking
A type of newspaper that often has fake news in it is called
a tabloid
New York Times
Washington Post
One thing we can do to stop fake news is
only get news from newspapers
work harder to get accurate information
finding one newspaper you trust
One way to tell if a story is well-researched is that
it is written by a woman
it has multiple sources
it is written by several men
If you find fake news online, should you share it?
YES
NO
