Factual or Satirical news sites

Today we are checking to see if we can find the difference between factual and satirical posts.

The onion
What does the website look like?
Like a news site.
What photos is it using?
A photo of a man being surrounded by drones flying past.
What headlines are they sharing?
A headline that looks like it should be part of the story.
Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website?
Satirical.

The New York times
What does the website look like?
Like a news site.
What photos is it using?
A picture of a room filled with people.
What headlines are they sharing?
Something that sounds like you would find in the paper.
Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website?
Factual

The Civilian

What does the website look like?
Like a news site.
What photos is it using?
A horse race.
What headlines are they sharing?
That the winner ran round in circles.
Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website?

Satirical.

Daily Mail

What does the website look like?
Still like a news site.
What photos is it using?
Three pictures of a person with text at the bottom.
What headlines are they sharing?
Too long for some one to want to read.
Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website?

Satirical.

Five things you could use to check if a News Site is real of not:

1. Check if it sounds believable.
2. Check all the facts carefully.
3. Check if the headline sounds like a headline you would find in the paper.
4. Check another website with a story on the same topic and see if they're similar.
5. Check down the side of the site and see if there are any non believable posts.

What am I learning?

Critical thinking.

How does this work show my learning?

Because you have to think carefully too make sure you don't accept fake news.

What am I wondering?

Why do people set up fake news sites.