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WhatsApp? Owned by Facebook faces scrutiny

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/facebooks-other-fake-news-problem/2018/10/25/563114ea-d6ea-11e8-aeb7-ddcad4a0a54e_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5907b9268072

In Great Britain: Cheating with essays

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/10/27/unscrupulous-essay-mill-companies-using-social-media-tempt-students/

Why we need fact checkers

https://twitter.com/i/status/1056329144634499072 https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0911/how-september-11-affected-the-u.s.-stock-market.aspx

Can you identify these American cities on a map?

https://passport.topix.net/quiz/19801?cvar=t6%3Ai-6r5-M4D36QOQF16CC2E5&tpx_term=KU2Q5BEA0DG3QPOO&utm_campaign=19801&utm_source=msn

Dow Jones Summer Internships

https://dowjonesnewsfund.org/

Many illegitimate Twitter accounts from 2016 still in existence

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/04/653454568/most-twitter-accounts-linked-to-2016-disinformation-are-still-active-report-find?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202804

The NYT and Donald Trump: The latest story

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/trump-nytimes-taxes.php

Blasey Ford with the CIA? Is this her photo at 15?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/christine-blasey-ford-cia/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/christine-blasey-ford-1982/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ford-george-soros/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

7th grade vocab test: Can you pass?

https://offbeat.topix.net/quiz/18986/qidx1?cvar=t6%3Ai-6r5-P14O92G8DH0ALGN5&tpx_term=7LBH8J85M4E1TBU4&utm_campaign=18986&utm_source=msn

Fake article about Barrymore in magazine

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fake-drew-barrymore-interview-egypt-air_us_5bb3cc6fe4b0876eda992909?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=__TheMorningEmail__100318&utm_content=__TheMorningEmail__100318+CID_4a7b58ca84179c7fe038dd9866f1f8f4&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=EgyptAirs%20in-flight%20magazine&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__100318

Trump's outrageousness in Mississippi

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/politics/donald-trump-mississippi-speech-christine-blasey-ford/index.html?utm_term=image&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2018-10-03T19%3A10%3A05

Sarah Sanders back at the WH podium

https://twitter.com/i/status/1047564516249292800

More legal links 4 U

http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199846412/student/chapter6/weblinks/

Fact-checkinbg Trump's Monday speech

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/what-trump-got-wrong-about-brett-kavanaugh-n915476?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Words that are often mispronounced then written incorrrectly

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More criticism of fact checkers via 'Reliable Sources' interview

https://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2018/09/30/schlapp-i-felt-like-i-was-watching-my-country-slip-rs.cnn/video/playlists/reliable-sources-highlights/