Evaluating News Sources - Real or Fake?: Fake News

The Oxford Learner's Dictionary defines fake news as:  "false reports of events, written and read on websites."

The Collins English Dictionary defines fake news as:  "false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news

reporting."

According to the online version of The Oxford English Dictionary the phrase "fake news" first entered the English language in an article published in the February 7, 1890, issue of The Milwaukee Daily Journal.

The BBC News web site published a story about a creator of fake news:  The Godfather of Fake News

Subedar, Anisa. "The Godfather of Fake News: Meet One of the World's Most Prolific Writers of Disinformation." BBC News, BBC , 27 Nov. 2018, 

      www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_godfather_of_fake_news. Accessed 5 Dec. 2018.

Listen to this report on fake news broadcast on WNYC's "Breaking News Consumer Handbook" series.  You can also read the summary

article or the entire transcript of the program.

Infographic created by the International Federation of Libraries Associations and Institutions (IFLA).  It is based on the November 18,

2016, FactCheck.org article "How to Spot Fake News."