In our present circumstances, we must be eagle-eyed and be vigilant of fake news that's always lurking around. What are the pointers to fake news?
Always check the news source. Is it a reliable news source? Check the photos. Have the photos been altered? You can do a Google reverse image search. On Google images, you can upload the image or paste the URL of the image. Apart from the photos, check other writings by the author of the story. Then critically examine the website. Is the website having a similar name to a credible site like missing a vowel in Yahoo News for Yaho News? Are there obvious grammatical errors? A credible site would have been proof-read and would have spotted and corrected any grammatical errors. There are many more ways you can spot Fake News but I hope you now have an idea.
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