These put some meat on the bone:
NPR: We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here’s What We Learned
Starting January 20, Trump could text you anytime he wants
Truth, truthiness, triangulation: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world
Report Fake News – Facebook adds new features for flagging fake news
How to avoid getting conned by fake news sites
Here’s how you can identify and avoid sites that just want to serve up ads next to outright falsehoods.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-avoid-getting-conned-by-fake-news-sites/#ftag=CAD590a51e
Facebook’s fake news problem in one chart

7 signs the news you’re sharing is fake
http://mashable.com/2016/11/17/6-signs-of-fake-news/
Download these Chrome extensions that flag fake news on your parents’ computers
http://mashable.com/2016/11/16/fake-news-alert-chrome-extension/
Statcheck: a data-fakery algorithm that flagged 50,000 articles
http://boingboing.net/2016/11/14/statcheck-a-data-fakery-algor.html
“Social Media as a Sensor for Censorship Detection in News Media”
New Report from Stanford on the Trouble Students (K-12 and Higher Ed) Have Judging The Credibility Of Information Online
“Post-truth” is the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year
http://boingboing.net/2016/11/16/post-truth-is-the-oxford-d.html
News or Not
http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/news-or-not/
Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The Facts
Why conservatives might be more likely to fall for fake news
http://www.howtogeek.com/282802/how-to-spot-fake-reviews-on-amazon-yelp-and-other-sites/
All “fake news” is not equal — but smart or dumb, it all grows from the same root
Satirical fake news used to save us from the stupidity of mainstream news. Now fake news isn’t funny; it’s scary
How Data And Information Literacy Could End Fake News
This Is How You Can Stop Fake News From Spreading On Facebook
It takes just a few steps and it’s totally worth it.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/heres-how-to-report-fake-news-on-facebook
A Finder’s Guide To Facts
http://www.npr.org/2016/12/11/505154631/a-finders-guide-to-facts
Stephen

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