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Media Literacy: Videos on Spotting Fake News

Resources on media literacy from RTC and beyond. Join us for Media Literacy Week: October 21-25!

How to Spot Fake News - from FactCheck.org

Debunking Fake News - CNN Interview with Snopes.com Co-Founder

How to Separate Fact and Fiction Online (TED Talk)

Consumer's Guide to Sourcing in News Reports - Paul Saltzman

C-SPAN - Clint Watts of Foreign Policy Research Institute on Fake News

C-SPAN - Fake News Sites and Effects on Democracy

Really Fake News - Monologue by Comedian Ellen DeGeneres

Fake News, Real Consequences - From Comedian Samantha Bee's show Full Frontal

4 Ways to Spot a Fake News Story - by HowStuffWorks.com

How to Choose Your News: TED-Ed video by Damon Brown

How False News Can Spread: TED-Ed Video by Noah Tavlin

How to Know What to Believe

The Battle to Stop the Spread of Fake News Online - CBS This Morning

The Onslaught of Fake News - CBS Sunday Morning with Ted Koppel

Russia Weaponized Twitter to Sway Election

Other Videos about Fake News

Bill Moyers Interviews Jon Stewart
"Bill Moyers sits down with "The Daily Show" anchor Jon Stewart to discuss real journalism and fake news in July, 2003." Interview is about 20 minutes in length.
Face2Face: Real-time Face Capture and Reenactment of RGB Videos
Video from Stanford University that shows computer technology that is able to help create fake news by creating fake facial expressions on real people.
The Fake News Machine: Inside a Town Gearing Up for 2020
Onsite reporting from Veles, Macedonia by CNN Money.
How Do We Decide What to Believe?
Video from the Big History Project.
Plague of Fake News is Getting Worse
From CNN.