Fake News

How much time you spend on social media might say more about you than what you actually post.

If the thought of "I'm not paying a garbage fee, I'm moving to Bossier" crossed your mind, you might want do some homework.

Independents shared about as much fake news as Republicans, and users who identified themselves as “very conservative” shared the most fake news

The post is attributed to a site called "React365" which is a fake site designed to generate clicks with hoax content.

This weekend was pretty amazing on my social media feed, for all of the wrong reasons. The term "fake news" exists for a reason, in fact there are a few Congressional Investigations involving the concept right now. But the term has also been muddied recently by a misappropriation of the phrase...

The class isn't completely about conspiracies and mysteries, but to help build a legion of adults that are able to decide their own understanding and truth with the facts they are given everyday. They will be able to understand what is in fact "fake news".

You know what they say, "Don't believe everything you read on the Internet", but we wouldn't be surprised if this really happened somewhere.