{"id":2567,"date":"2022-08-06T14:35:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T14:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/?page_id=2567"},"modified":"2022-11-14T20:26:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T20:26:05","slug":"tips-on-how-to-spot-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/?page_id=2567","title":{"rendered":"Elementor #2567"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2567\" class=\"elementor elementor-2567\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6764e05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6764e05\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f14b97\" data-id=\"9f14b97\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87716d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87716d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to spot FAKE NEWS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1961b23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1961b23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>August 6, 2022<\/p><p>by J. King<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p id=\"docs-internal-guid-589130ea-7fff-8c85-b6f6-d8453ec76cf4\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">We are all acutely aware of Donald Trump and the presence he has had on social media. He was banned from Twitter and other social platforms in January 2021 for a risk of incitement of violence. During his presidential campaign and time in public office, he would often throw around a term of \u201cfake news\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The term is not uncommon and Trump certainly didn\u2019t coin the phrase but it gained popularity while he held presidential office in the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Misinformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a> defines misinformation as: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Incorrect or misleading information<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201d while disinformation is information which is \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">deliberately deceptive.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">How can you tell when the news you\u2019re looking at is deceptive or fake? Check out the infographic, and let us know on social media what you think. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53f2b6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53f2b6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/White-Blue-Collage-Cyberbullying-Comparison-infographic-410x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2570\" alt=\"infographic on detecting fake news, how to spot fake news\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/White-Blue-Collage-Cyberbullying-Comparison-infographic-410x1024.png 410w, https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/White-Blue-Collage-Cyberbullying-Comparison-infographic-120x300.png 120w, https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/White-Blue-Collage-Cyberbullying-Comparison-infographic-768x1920.png 768w, https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/White-Blue-Collage-Cyberbullying-Comparison-infographic-58x146.png 58w, https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/White-Blue-Collage-Cyberbullying-Comparison-infographic-20x50.png 20w, https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/White-Blue-Collage-Cyberbullying-Comparison-infographic-30x75.png 30w, https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/White-Blue-Collage-Cyberbullying-Comparison-infographic.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 410px, 410px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4660d6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"4660d6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=BgK-Q33Y5jU&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to spot FAKE NEWS August 6, 2022 by J. 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