Here are Some Tips to Tell Real News from Fake News
They often look alike
After becoming a radio commentator, one of the more exciting things I found was confirming the accuracy of what I was talking about.
A good friend once said, “The thinnest pancake has two sides.” And that’s about as true as anything out there.
So how do you know what’s right and wrong? Or biased and unbiased.
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have shown that many people have no problem reposting information that is questionable at best and flat-out wrong at worst.
But how do you find the accuracy of the facts before you post your name on it for the entire world to see?
Finding The Real Facts
I recently watched the movie, “All the President’s Men,” with Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.
They played Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein, whose reporting brought down the Nixon Whitehouse.
According to the movie, they spent most of their time trying to confirm information.
That’s what we on the air are also trying to do.