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Fake News: Separating Truth From Fiction: 12. Can You Spot Fake News?

Which Is Fake?

Can you identify which articles are fake? What steps did you take to determine each site?

1. Here be dragons

2. Unicorns Were Real, and a New Fossil Shows When They Lived

3. Bodies Found Piled In Freezer At Convention Center

4. Dog Named Trigger Shoots Owner in the Foot

5. WashPost: Russian Hackers Breach US Electrical Grid Via Vermont Utility

6. Morgue Employee Cremated By Mistake While Taking A Nap

7. Deer with 'Vampire Fangs' Spotted for 1st Time in Decades

8. 58 Scientific Papers Published in 2017 Say Global Warming is a Myth

9. Trump Wants To Deport American Indians To India

10. Which Is America's Most Escalator Challenged State?

11. Vatican Chief Exorcist Warns That Yoga Causes "Demonic Possession."

12. Pilot comparative study on the health of vaccinated and unvaccinated 6- to 12- year old U.S. children

13. Military Arrests Bill Gates

14. Leopard mauls man who paid $150 for 'full contact experience' at backyard zoo in Florida

15. German Street Covered in Chocolate after factory leak

16. Military Arrests Biden’s Sec. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack

Fake News Quizzes

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