The following are the news sources we used in our research. See if you can tell which one is real! Click the drop-down menus for more information on each source, including it’s validity. Note we are not providing links to these websites. Some of these tried to give us viruses, we do not recommend you go seeking them out.
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“Boy Contracts HIV From Walmart Banana”
Is this source real or is it baloney? Click to find out!
BALONEY! This site was used to test if people would fall for “imposter websites”- note the CNNews? Awfully similar to CNN News isn’t it?
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“Donald Trump Proposes One Child Law for Hispanic Families”
Is this source real or is it baloney? Click to find out!
BALONEY! This site was use to test left wing partisanship bias and is completely untrue. Even the ACLU quote is made up.
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“Facebook Labels Christian Websites as Fake News”
Is this source real or is it baloney? Click to find out!
BALONEY! This site was use to test right wing partisanship bias and is completely untrue. The Mark Zuckerberg quote is also made up.
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“Man sues Burger King claiming it backed out of giving him free food for life after he was locked in bathroom”
Is this source real or is it baloney? Click to find out!
REAL! This is the only real website we used, and it served as our “control source”. This story seems unbelievable and is very silly but it is actually true. The things people will do for a Whopper.