Here’s an interesting diagnosis that the hijacked AP tweet that caused the mess in the stock markets this week contained 7 different clues that it was fake … might be interesting for information literacy and critical thinking purposes.
7 Ways We Could Tell That AP Tweet was a Fake
Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/50275/7-ways-we-could-tell-ap-tweet-was-fake#ixzz2RQGTDTyX
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1. A lack of All Caps
2. An Errant Capital
3. Clause Issues
4. “Barack Obama” isn’t AP Style
5. That missing period
6. It came from the web
7. Says Who?
Check out the link for more …
Stephen
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Interesting. I suspected it was a hack but you do get that momentary clenching of the throat.
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RT @sabram: 7 Ways We Could Tell That AP Tweet was a Fake: Here’s an interesting diagnosis of AP hijacking http://t.co/mziYCUlre9
RT @sabram: 7 Ways We Could Tell That AP Tweet was a Fake: Here’s an interesting diagnosis of AP hijacking http://t.co/mziYCUlre9
RT @sabram: 7 Ways We Could Tell That AP Tweet was a Fake: Here’s an interesting diagnosis of AP hijacking http://t.co/mziYCUlre9
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Thanks for sharing. Important to know.
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RT @sabram: 7 Ways We Could Tell That AP Tweet was a Fake: Here’s an interesting diagnosis of AP hijacking http://t.co/mziYCUlre9
RT @sabram: 7 Ways We Could Tell That AP Tweet was a Fake: Here’s an interesting diagnosis of AP hijacking http://t.co/mziYCUlre9