BC Listening Fake News C1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

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After listening you'll get 6 multiple choice questions

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Which statement about circular reporting is true?

1. It is the spread of true information.
2. It is when false information is validated by one other source only.
3. It only occurs with information on Wikipedia.
4. It may involve several publications.

Which statement is correct about journalists?

1. They are not permitted to copy information from Wikipedia.
2. They refuse to copy information from Wikipedia.
3. As soon as they include information in an article, they verify the information.
4. Many journalists may publish inaccuracies in several articles.

Which statement is correct?

1. Another name for a coati is a Brazilian aardvark.
2. The American student changed the information on Wikipedia to what he believed to be the truth.
3. Many people believed that a Brazilian aardvark was the same as a coati.
4. When writers wrote about the Brazilian aardvark they knew it was a joke.

Which statement is true about Wikipedia?

1. Some people add false content to a Wikipedia entry intentionally.
2. Updating information on Wikipedia is against the law.
3. There is hardly any true information on Wikipedia.
4. Many true facts on Wikipedia initially appear as false information.

What is true about childhood vaccines and autism?

1. There is a clear connection between childhood vaccines and autism.
2. Circular reporting incited many parents not to vaccinate their children.
3. The claims that they were connected first appeared on Wikipedia.
4. The media proved early on that the claims about vaccines and autism were false.

Which statement is correct?

1. Generally speaking, it’s easy to identify false information.
2. If the original source is Wikipedia or the media, the information is almost always false.
3. Reflecting critically on information we read is something most people often do.
4. Lack of time to think and investigate can cause us to believe things that aren’t true.