H4 P3 News project 5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Basic rules

• We do our work when we should
• We are silent during explanations and raise our hands for questions
• Our phone is in our "zakkie" on the corner of our table
• We don't eat, drink, or chew gum in class

learning goals

- I know the difference between "news gone wrong" and "fake news"

- I know the criteria of a good news report/article

A good news report/article:

• Fairness and balance
• Accuracy
  
• Attribution
  
• Brevity
  
• Clarity.

Background material: https://www.easymedia.in/5-characteristics-good-news-report/ 

5 characteristics

Attribution = sourcing

- individual

- organisation

-  anonymous sources

- exceptions: commonly witnessed by many

Examples of news reporting gone wrong

Source: https://listverse.com/2015/02/17/10-glaring-examples-of-news-reporting-gone-wrong/

1.) United Airlines

In September 2008, a reporter for Miami-based Income Securities Advisors found a 2002 article about a financially moribund United Airlines filing for bankruptcy. However, the article itself was undated. As a result, the Google web crawler assigned it the date of the search, giving the impression that a half-dozen-year-old crisis was breaking news. The reporter then relayed the information to Bloomberg, a premier name in finance news, and as soon as the story went up, United Airlines’s stock price nosedived by 75 percent. Traders jettisoned 15 million shares, as the stunned company did its best to disabuse Bloomberg of the disastrous misconception.

How can you recognise a fake news article?

Fake news?

1. Read past the headline

2. Check what news outlet published it

3. Check the publishing date and time

4. Who's the author?

5. Check if other news outlets are reporting it

6. Think before you share

The willing suspension of disbelief: 

people often believe what they want to believe.

People are often drawn to stories that reinforce the way they see the world and how they feel about certain issues. Fake news is no exception, and many of the articles that fall under its umbrella are designed to stir up emotion in readers and prey on their biases.

So what do you do..?

What can you do?

It’s important to check that news stories are based on fact, rather than sharing/believing them because they support one side of an argument.

The Fake News Checklist

https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/AGB2AA

 

Positive or negative news?

"50% of Belgians not in favour of Covid-19 vaccine, survey shows"

-> What does this also mean?

-> Why did the news provider choose this heading?