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Why there's so much fake news about the coronavirus on social media

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Why there's so much fake news about the coronavirus on social media

Why there's so much fake news about the coronavirus on social media

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Why there's so much fake news about the coronavirus on social media

  • Air date:2020-04-29
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The global outbreak of the coronavirus ensures that our daily news consumption almost only exists with news about COVID-19. Not only through established media we are kept informed, also via social media, reports about the virus are sent and forwarded. And the question is how reliable those messages are. Nowadays, Fake News is hard to distinguish from real news. Pointer went looking for fake news and shows how you can really distinguish from NEP on the basis of journalistic and forensic treasure methods. For example, images on social media that was suggested that people commit suicide because of the virus. These shocking images were bleached. Why are these messages sent? It provides more unrest and fear. Who is behind spreading fake news? Why do they do that? And what can fake news bring about?

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Teun van de Keuken

Teun van de Keuken

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