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Pbs News Hour: Did Fake News Influence the Outcome of Election 2016? ArticlePbs News Hour: Did Fake News Influence the Outcome of Election 2016? Article
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Pbs News Hour: Did Fake News Influence the Outcome of Election 2016?

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Don't believe everything that is read on the Internet! So many people around the world follow the news, all news, that they find posted on social media. Some news is real, some news is fake. How much of the fake news might have influenced the presidential election in the U.S. in 2016?

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culture, society, critical thinking

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Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

RST.6-8.8

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