Can you spot the fake US election news stories?
This article talks about the problems the us election faced with fake news and how this may have been influential, the majority of the article just gives examples of fake news stories which will be included below.
-Donald Trump won the popular vote in the US election by 700,000 votes-fake
-An FBI agent suspected in Clinton's email leaks found dead in an apparent murder-suicide
-Pope Francis backed Trump for the White House
-In 2013, Clinton told Goldman Sachs bigwigs: "I would like to see people like Donald Trump run for office. They're honest, and can't be bought'
-Donald Trump was born in Pakistan
-Facebook page 'American News' has racked up almost 5 1/2 million likes
I believe that the abundance of fake news on the internet was significant in the US elction as people are untrained to spot fake news and tend to believe it which can be damaging on democracy. A study suggested that 60% of 9-19 year olds were not educated to spot fake news and this is a significant amount with 18-19 year-olds being able to vote they could be voting based on a lie.
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