{"id":5068,"date":"2017-02-05T06:49:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T14:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.investmentpal.com\/?p=5068"},"modified":"2018-06-12T21:04:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T04:04:58","slug":"trusted-curator-content-review-lists-fake-news-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.investmentpal.com\/fake-news-sites-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a trusted curator of content. Review these lists of fake news sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fake news is not new.\u00a0 In 1835, the New York Sun reported the discovery of batlike creatures on the moon, leading to record sales of the paper at 19,000 copies daily.<\/p>\n

\"fake<\/p>\n

\u201cLunar animals and other objects Discovered by Sir John Herschel in his observatory at the Cape of Good Hope and copied from sketches in the Edinburgh Journal of Science.\u201d An illustration for The New York Sun, credited to Benjamin Day, 1835. Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division<\/h6>\n

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With the internet today, fake news has the ability to reach millions within minutes.\u00a0 Against this new digital media backdrop, the role of the trusted content curator has become even more important. \u00a0\u00a0To remain or become that trusted content curator, financial professionals must learn to identify fake news sites which may include hoax sites, satire sites or clickbait sites that rely on sensational headlines and half truths to attract click-throughs.<\/p>\n

Melissa Zimdars, a media professor at Merrimack College in Massachusetts, offered some useful tips on in a cheat sheet on identifying fake news sites:<\/p>\n

\u201c1. Avoid websites that end in \u201clo\u201d\u009d ex: Newslo. These sites take pieces of accurate information and then packaging that information with other false or misleading facts\u009d (sometimes for the purposes of satire or comedy)\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c2. Watch out for common news websites that end in .com.co\u009d as they are often fake versions of real news sources (remember: this is also the domain for Colombia!)\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

To see the rest of her tips, see cheat sheet posted at http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ezvFbV<\/a><\/p>\n

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In addition to learning to identify a fake news site, it would also be useful to review these lists of fake news sites:<\/p>\n

1:\u00a0 CBSNews.com\u00a0 |\u00a0 CBS News is the news division of American television and radio service CBS<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/dont-get-fooled-by-these-fake-news-sites\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2:\u00a0 Snopes.com\u00a0 |\u00a0 A rumor research site<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/2016\/01\/14\/fake-news-sites\/<\/a><\/p>\n

3:\u00a0 OpenSources.co\u00a0 |\u00a0 A curated resource for assessing online information sources, available for public use<\/p>\n

http:\/\/bit.ly\/2jNFkKL<\/a><\/p>\n

4:\u00a0 Wikipedia.org\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 A community-edited online information resource<\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_fake_news_websites<\/a><\/p>\n

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– By InvestmentPal<\/a><\/p>\n

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