BC Listening Fake News C1

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Take notes while listening. 

After listening you'll get 6 multiple choice questions

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Slide 3 - Link

Which statement about circular reporting is true?
A
It is the spread of true information.
B
It is when false information is validated by one other source only.
C
It only occurs with information on Wikipedia.
D
It may involve several publications.

Slide 4 - Quiz

Which statement is correct about journalists?
A
They are not permitted to copy information from Wikipedia.
B
They refuse to copy information from Wikipedia.
C
As soon as they include information in an article, they verify the information.
D
Many journalists may publish inaccuracies in several articles.

Slide 5 - Quiz

Which statement is correct?
A
Another name for a coati is a Brazilian aardvark.
B
The American student changed the information on Wikipedia to what he believed to be the truth.
C
Many people believed that a Brazilian aardvark was the same as a coati.
D
When writers wrote about the Brazilian aardvark they knew it was a joke.

Slide 6 - Quiz

Which statement is true about Wikipedia?
A
Some people add false content to a Wikipedia entry intentionally.
B
Updating information on Wikipedia is against the law.
C
There is hardly any true information on Wikipedia.
D
Many true facts on Wikipedia initially appear as false information.

Slide 7 - Quiz

What is true about childhood vaccines and autism?
A
There is a clear connection between childhood vaccines and autism.
B
Circular reporting incited many parents not to vaccinate their children.
C
The claims that they were connected first appeared on Wikipedia.
D
The media proved early on that the claims about vaccines and autism were false.

Slide 8 - Quiz

Which statement is correct?
A
Generally speaking, it’s easy to identify false information.
B
If the original source is Wikipedia or the media, the information is almost always false.
C
Reflecting critically on information we read is something most people often do.
D
Lack of time to think and investigate can cause us to believe things that aren’t true.

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