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Claim
Evidence
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Challenge Questions
100
Who claimed that Facebook did not impact the 2016 election?
What is Mark Zuckerberg
100
What claim did President Obama make about information that is posted on social media sites?
People believe whatever is posted.
100
What evidence did Barack Obama cite to support his claim that people believe what they read on Social Media?
None!
100
Based on the information in this video, in the 2016 election, who benefited more from fake news: Hillary Clinton, or Donald Trump?
Donald Trump
100
What time of the day was this news report originally broadcast?
Morning (CBS this Morning)
200
Who claimed that people believe what they read on social media?
What is Barack Obama?
200
What did Pew Research claim about where most people find their news?
They get it from Facebook.
200
Of the top 20 fake news articles that Buzzfeed studied, how many were pro-Trump/anti-Clinton?
17/20 or all but 3
200
What does President Obama want people to do as they see news on Facebook?
Think critically and question
200
What is one of the fake headlines shown in this video?
Pope Francis endorses Donald Trump Wikileaks confirms Hillary sold weapons to ISIS Hillary is disqualified from holding public office
300
What research group found that 66% of Facebook users get most of their news from Facebook?
What is Pew Research?
300
What claim did the CBS news anchor start the video with?
People have been getting more fake news than real news.
300
Did Buzzfeed find that people engaged more with fake news or real news?
Fake News
300
Why are social media sites likely to feel nervous about regulating, or editing posts?
If they edit them, they can be legally responsible for what is posted.
300
What is the definition of "Claim"?
A point that an author tries to prove using specific evidence.
400
Which news source claimed that fake news outperformed real news on Facebook in the months before the 2016 election?
What is Buzzfeed News
400
What claim did Nicholas Thompson make about the laws surrounding regulation of social media posts?
Companies that edit and regulate posts are responsible for what is posted, so they could get in more trouble.
400
What percentage of Facebook users did Pew Research find got their news from Facebook?
66%
400
How do the CBS News anchors feel about fake news?
They think that a lot of the stories seem unreasonable; they think it is everywhere
400
What was the purpose of Barack Obama's speech which was shown in the video?
He was campaigning for Hillary Clinton
500
Who claimed that social media sites which regulate and edit posts could get into more legal trouble than social media sites that don't?
What is Nicholas Thompson?
500
What claim did Mark Zuckerberg originally make AND how did he change his thinking?
He said that Facebook couldn't have impacted the election, but then he started looking into solutions for fake news.
500
What evidence did CBS use to show that Mark Zuckerberg changed his mind about the impact of fake news on Facebook?
A clip of his initial statement and the post that Facebook put up later about addressing fake news.
500
How did Mark Zuckerberg feel when he was confronted with the idea that fake news on Facebook had impacted the results of the election?
He felt defensive/he didn't want to accept it
500
What is the title of the new book that 6th grade students started reading in class today?
Parallel Journeys
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