Ideas for E.L.L.s: Finding Reliable Sources in a World of ‘Fake News’

Jan 26, 2017 · 62 comments
Oscar (HK)
First of all, I think that when we are posting something to the social media that we’re not sure whether it’s fake or not, we need to do some research of it, otherwise if the things are fake, we’ll have a misunderstanding on the issues and affect the other’s thoughts. Also, when we are not sure about some news, I think that we should not post it or share it easily to the others as if the news is fake, or the internet will full of fake news and unreal things.
Matthew (HK)
Fake news will mislead people to a wrong learning direction, wrong impression and even lead people into a wrong value judgment, the effect will not only affect a small amount of people, as the advancement of the technology, social media platform are convenient for people to share and spread the news to everyone around the world. This lead to changing the global culture and so on. We need to show focus and we need to justisfy the truth. XDDDDD!!!!!!!!
Jacky (Hong Kong)
Actually, this article is very boring. But I think read real news is very important. We all know that there are many sources in the internet and they may make us feel frustrated. To make sure it is real or fake, we should have critical thinking to determine the reality. Therefore, it is important for us to choose a correct media and read the news as we should learn from the truth and know the fact. To read a real new, I suggest that we should find the news in more well known and neutral media like ming pao, Besides, we should not only read for 1 newspaper, but as more as we can to analyze what is the fact of the news. Therefore, we can get the right things and know more about what our society is happened. If we read the newspaper with thinking, we can learn better and more
mandy chan (hong kong)
Nowadays,fake news is a serious problem in the world.if we can’t tell real news from fake news there will be a big problem.Like, we may make a wrong decision and make mistake due to the fake news we have read.Therefore,there are many reasons why the fake news is a very serious problem,like the people have no awareness of checking the message they posted and the news they have read …..
Tang sum yin (hk mkp)
We should think more about every piece of news.There are plenty of sources reporting about one thing,Why don’t we compare and think a bit first?In my opinion, your own thinking is important as well,not only your ideas,but also evaluating the reliability.Otherwise,misunderstanding may lead to a consequence.What do you think would happen if everyone believed in false?Other than the person stated in that news is affected, you yourself too.
Tang Sze Hang (Tuen Mun Makopan Memorable College )
After reading this article, I have learnt a lot. We can’t believe the news completely just after reading, but without certifying the truth of it. Otherwise, we may believe the fake news and even share it with the other people, leading to a hit argument with two sides of people complaining about one another’s strands, just like the incident about anti-trump protesters. Therefore, before posting news on the internet or believing the news we read, we should do fact-checking by finding other reliable sources to support the news such as Ming Bao. Also we can look for the author when we read the news to see if he/she is reliable or not and identify the opinions and facts of it. Then we can ensure that what we believe are real news.
Desmond (HK)
First of all , I think we should not post something in the social media that do not have any prove. Because we can not ensure whether it is true or not . . If the news are not come from government or some powerful media we cannot true at the first time Otherwise we will according the fake news and give out some comment on the internet other will share and trust that and affect others thoughts and decision.Also it may be illegal .
Chen Hui Ping (Hong Kong)
Keeping up with the news can let us connect with the world. We do not know what other country are happened since we just in a small city. Getting the news on newspaper maybe higher credibility as it should has more data and research to support it. Fake news always appear on Faceboook because it is share by own people.
chung (hk)
Basically,fake news which is some news that are made by other people,who want to attract your attention by creating some wrong or exaggerating messages.In this situation, we will easily get misleading by this message and have a wrong sense on somethings.Thus,determining the true or false of one thing is very important for us.In conclusion, if we don`t want to follow the fake message,i had to learn how to finding the fake news
Natalie (HK)
Nowadays, as there are many fake news on the social media.We should select the news to read carefully. To get real news,we should check it if there any evidence to prove it.Or we can find the news to read from some high credibility news companies,like The New York Time,SCMP and so on.Sometimes, if you read a news and you don't know is it real ,please don't share it.Because the fake news maybe go viral, such as the news that about 2012 maybe the end of the world,this news has been spread widely ,however it didn't happen.Most of the citizens get worried for trusting a wrong news.So if you don't know if the news is reliable on the social media,don't share it.
Dicky Chuk (Hong kong )
It is undeniable that fake news have become common nowadays, we need to pay more attention in checking whether the news have credibility or not. Otherwise we may face the case like Eric Tucker, posting a fake news about the anti-Trump protesters in Austin.
Cheng ho yin (Tuen Mum)
I think that the fake news issue is serious nowadays.Because apart from the
lohoiki (Hong Kong)
Fake news has recently become a hot topic because it can affect the us a lot. We usually get trust with fake news and affect our daily lives, emotions or even the communications with each other. We may get angry or anxious easily because of the sensitive fake news. As a result, it damages the trust between people, friends, family and so on. For example, in 2012, the fake news of "The End of the World" bring lots of worries of Hongkongers. People discussed about that and worried a lot on the whole day! It affects their works too !So we can see that fake news bring lots of problems to us.
TANG Wing Sze (Hong Kong,Tuen Mun)
Fake news may fake us to do stupid things. It looks stupid for those 16000 people who shared this news on Twitter and found that it is actually fake at last.So it is important to identify whether the news is fake or not. We should also fact-check everything by finding different sources through internet before we tweeted because non of us want to become the next Mr Eric Tucker.It doesn't benefit us to discuss based on opinions and emotions.
Tony Ng (Hong Kong)
In my opinion,fake news are very attractive and horrible to us.It will attract us easily.Besides that, it will incite us to do some radical movement too.So start from today, after I reading a news, I will determine if it is a fact or just a fake news with my critical thinking.And do not trust a news without my own analysis. Also, to prevent reading some fake news, we should read some newspaper which has a high credibility,such as Ming Pao,so that we can avoid reading some fake news and absorb some wrong information to our brain.
Cathy Lam (Hong Kong)
Nowadays, many people read news from different media such as Facebook or New York Times. However, different forum will have different stance. Most of us can't determine whether the news is fake or real, especially for teenagers. For me, I will read more articles from different forum to have more reference on the specific topic. Some topics like political issue, i will prefer to read the readers' comment with the journalist opinions instead of just read the either one. The social media like Facebook is not much reliable since some topics have many dispute. However, these kind of social media have lots of users in the world. The fake news will soon become the real new. To make sure that we won't receive more and more fake new, we should pay more attention on different articles from different media, especially for the political issues since the stereotyping on different issues is different.
Leung Fuk Yee (Hong Kong)
Nowadays people are living in a city which is full of fake news. It is a must for people to figure out the news they read is true or not. Reading different news can let us to know different information from the world. So we should choose a right one to read or otherwise we may get fake news. People may do different action because of the fake news. So people should confirm about the news in different ways.
Gaspar Joey Yung BBG (Hong Kong)
Fake news are always surrounding us. It's our choice to be critical in thinking if the news in misleading us our giving us correct information. For example, a normal tweet in twitter may mislead thousands of people. Most readers in the fake article were believing that the message were real. We must be careful when we were analysing the news article. Remind ourseleves---always be calm and evaluate the article
Winnie Liu (Hong Kong)
Just now I saw an article that that about how fake news goes viral.Personally I do not use social media that often.But in fact, many do and fake news goes viral this way.A fake post posted by a careless individual was reposted 1600 times on Twitter and 350000 times on Facebook.If only he had fact-check the photos before he posted it ,a worldwide sandal can be avoid.For now ,news on newspaper and television are mostly reliable as they are required to be absolutely certain that there no faulty information by the law .Thus ,the chance of getting a fake news on there is the smallest.However , as technology advances,one day these reliable sources will be replaced and become out-dated.If that day does come ,it is nearly impossible for the government to require everyone to ensure that they are telling the truth .One way to ease the problem is to educate teenagers to be critical and careful on the Internet .This may seems ineffective but this is our best bet for now.
ASTER (HK)
Nowadays ,the social medias grow extremely fast ,we can read thousand of news without going out.However not all the news is real on the internet.This cause that the fake news goes viral and we may be faked by the news others makeup.Peoples always trust the news without critical thinking and even share it to other.This problem is going more and more serious. I think that all of us should be more aware on this issue ,we should learn to get the real news instead of the faked ones,to connect with the world and connect with the society. I think that we should learn to trust the news from reliable sources but may not the internet.for example, from popular news paper , the television or some reliable magazines . However,newspaper and TV may have their own politic side too,it may have opposite the view of the same news. So other then only getting the news from one media,we should read and listen to more then one media with different stand point so that we can get a more complete and full information.Also, we can search for more details in the internet after reading the news from the reliable media.
Wong Sum In Rcahel (Hong Kong)
After reading this newspaper about fake news,nowadays,there are many different kinds of news in the world.Some of them are real,some of them may be fake.However,news are very important for us.It helps us to know more about the world.In my opinion,we cannot just reading the same type of newspaper or social media,is to read more news on different types of newspaper.Therefore,we can get more opinion with different people and know more about the world.Also,before you trust on the news,remember to find out whether it is correct or not.Since there are many news and you do not know if it is correct. In conclusion,reading news is important to us but we need to be careful to same fake news because if everyone is trust on this new,it may lead a serious problem.
Sam Yen (Hong Kong)
Fake news are always misleading us to think about somethings.It makes us misunderstand someone and it may destroy someone's reputation.It is important to know that fake news are always exist in our surrounding.Thanks The New York Time letting me know about it.It makes me have fact-checking on the suspicious comment.
Tung Nga Yi (Hong Kong)
I think Mr. Eric Tucker is very careless that he didn’t seek truth before uploading the tweet .He should find evidence before judging. Because of his behavior, he had led many people into the wrong road. It is also very important for us to identify whether the news is fake or real to prevent doing foolish things. We should look for sources to seek truth.
Isaac (HK )
Posting fake news will mislead the reader. We should make sure the right information before posting it or we will be stuck in a embarrassing situation. Moreover, fake news about political may affect the future of the country seriously. For example, the post in this news will affect the supports from the citizens. The news is spreading around the world rapidly. Therefore, we should be careful before we post the posts or we may mislead others.
Angel Chan (Ma Ko Pan Memorial Collegl)
It’s horrible to believe in the fake news , this may affect many stakeholders including in the news and it may leds to unfairness and cyber bulling.Don’t do unto others what you would not have them do unto you. We must fact check before posting any comments and posts, to protect everyone.
MKP who i am (Hong Kong )
It is important for everyone to getting the real news instead of the fake one .if the new is about criticise someone and the new is fake .It may hurt others reputation because someone maybe trust the new without anything analysis,then cyber bullying the person of the new .So if a fake new that can hurt others and that's why it is matter to knowing it is a real or a fake news
Tony (Tuen Mun, HK)
The fake news is surely misleading people around the world and bringing huge impacts to the world, especially if the news is shared by lots of people. People are not interested about checking the news whether it is real or not when they are reading the “news”. In fact almost all the news posted in social media by citizen (like Facebook, Twitter) is fake but there are still many people trust it. This will bring a huge impact to the society. So before you believe in some news, make sure the media or the source is reliable, and check and confirm the source if you have time. The best way to avoid reading fake news is to read news by reliable news website or newsletter. Never being confused by the fake news!
Eddy Yau (Hong Kong)
People are producing fake news as they want to be famous. Most likely they will post the 'News' on social medias like Facebook,Twitter etc. As there are many users in the social medias, the fake news will spread around the world very rapidly and it cannot be stopped. This really annoys us. We just want to know what's happening around the world. Imagine that when you are scrolling your phone, using Facebook, but then a 'news'(for example, a war is declared) that scared you appeared right in front of you. You won't feel good, will you? But then if you checked the news and find it is fake, it really annoys you.
Angie Chiu (Hong Kong)
No such news can be considered as a fact by just typen with words by journalists and editors. To tell what's the truth is, it would be only distinguished by the one who really did it and people who spot it. With evidence, like photos and video, it can increase your reality for real. Thus, we should check the news if you decided to make an opinion. For instance, check them out on several publishers. Sometimes, pop out news on social media is more seeking for people response, so let's be a responsible reader on the world.
Sunny (HK)
I think fake news is produced by some greedy people who want to make money from the breaking news or some people who want to have some jokes.Right?However,I think they are destroying the truth of the news.Also,they fake the people who want to seek the truth of things in the world and cause them having a wrong concept about something.For example,if the news was about Donald Trump wants to destroy Australia,Australian might be very frightened and they might steal the food.This would cause a unstable society.Therefore,I think we should not gain money or have some jokes in order to produce some fake news.As they will affect the people.
Joyce Lam (Hong kong)
In my opinion, critical thinking is important to us as it helps us to identify the fake news and real news .Therefore we can avoid trusting the fake news like Mr.Eric Tucker. Also, I think Mr.tucker should be do some analysis before post it in the internet .Then ,others will not believe his wrong news and share the post again and again, or even against Mr.Trump. In short,it is a good lesson for all of us ,especially Mr. Tucker.
yeung tsz tong (hk)
The fake news may make the citizens to believe the wrong messages.thus,while reading the news,we must have critical thinking.then we cat identify if the news are true or not.For example,see whether the resources are credible.The resources from government are usually proved and credible.The resources from critizens or facebook may not true.I hope that I will be more critical while reading the news in the future.
Man Szeling (ma ko pan memorial college)
According to this news, the fake news would damage the image and credibility of Mr. Trump. During president election, the citizens may believe the fake news wrongly and misunderstand Mr.Trump. He may loss in this election due to the fake news. I think that the government should control the posting of news so that the citizens won't believe wrongly. If not,the community may become messy.
Issac Tsang (H.K.)
Basically, "fake news" always appears with limited of evidence and many discrete facts. In my opinion, nowadays social media is very common. Therefore, even a person that you never heard of can share a news with you, you can read several news easily, but not knowing whether it is true or false. People tend to read more aggressive or critical news, so "fake news" usually tends to more aggressive to draw people's attention. All in all, i think that news with little statistics and aggressive contents should be careful for the readers.
Lau Wing Lam (Ma Ko Pan Memorial College)
Basically, it can really damage the image of Mr. Trump, especially during the president election, if it had not clarified as fake news. Refer to the data, the fake news had been shared over 350,000 times on Facebook, what a large number it is.That could cause a big impact in the community. Without a doubt, it is important for us to identify whether the news are faker or real so that we would not get the wrong information.
C (Hong Kong)
Fake news, basically, it is something unreal but widely known by people. And how would that effect us? In my opinion, we read news since we want to know things that don't happened around us, so reading news help us to know about the truth of something we unknown. So when there is fake news, we cannot tell real news from fake news easily and that's effect how do we think about a thing or a person. Without knowing a thing fully, we couldn't make a comment without being objective. But how can we tell real news from the fake one? i'm not saying those on Facebook or Tweeter ain't real but we should pay attention to the contest whether it include writer's own feelings. They can be some good comment but remember do not effect by others, think and work with your own thinking.
Pang Wing Huen , Victoria (Ma Ko Pan Memorial College)
It is important for the social media users to identify rather the news is real or fake. In my opinion, the social media users should more careful when they post something and read something on the internet. This news implies that everyone have the right to do so but some of the user do it wrong and make somebody believe in the fake news and the news is widely spread, It's hard to believe, but it's real, the news of fake protests is a good example. It can be much better if everyone access their responsibility.
Yuki Chan (Ma Ko Pan Memorial College )
Actually, some fake news can hardly being identified by the citizens easily, especially the one with data supported and some sources giving. Somehow we might also think that true news are the fake one. Therefore, having a critical thinking is very important for us to make a correct decision. Some people might post some fake news on the internet for some purposes. Maybe for money, for followers, for likes, for multi purposes, if you want to make sure your are reading the true news. We should make sure there are stakeholders' provements and do not easily trust some fake news on some social medias.
Samuel (HK)
The fake news is damaging our way of knowing things. Especially, when the news was widely spread around the world. Everyone should check the source of the news after you read it, to ensure not to be mislead by those fake news. Although, many news in the social media are fake, people still believe in it. In the worst scenario, the whole society can be mislead if the fake news came from some big news company. So all news company also have big responsibility to keep their news true.
Maggie Ku (Hong Kong)
The aims for us to read news, is to know about things happened right now in the society. But what if the news we are trying to know is fake, reading news becomes meaningless. However, without a doubt, there are still thousands of fake news on the internet or on any social media. People always want to gain support or get attention from the audience. Once the fake news is posted on the internet, post will being shared and spread out. A serious problem may be caused as more people may going to trust in it. Thus, in order to get a real news , I would like to find more different sources, instead of only reading on one and trust in it.
Smile (Hong Kong)
You can see why we should keep up with the news. As it is important that connecting with others and to know what is happening over the world. Some news posted on the social media may be fake. So, when we get the news, we should check it out on the internet or read the same news on other platforms to ensure the reality of the news. Also,after reading some news from the social media, we should not share it immediately since we don't know whether the news are real.
Sharon Wong (Hong Kong)
Actually , i don't really like to pay attention on the news as i always think that the news that post nowadays will not be 100 percent correct and i should not totally believe on those , even the news have the 'evidence' , because i believe everything can be fake nowadays.Since the high technology , and people become more clever and clever , some news company may post something wrong technically , so that the company can then get high focus from the people and get high profit then , they may use some skills such as the 'photoshop' to make some fake news to get people's attention .Also , this situation happen all around the world , such as the social media. Social media like Instagram or Snapchat becomes more popular and people love to share their daily lives to the public on it . However , some of them may post something fake or exaggerated , so that they can get more attention from the public to make themselves more popular and famous and some people may also trust those guys and share the post then .Therefore, all in all, i think what we can see in our daily lives , even it has some evidence , the news are not reliable as well. I don't mean that all of news are fake , but i won't trust them easily .
Vicky Li (Hong Kong)
Living in the century of which fake news is headline news, it is undeniable that telling real news from fake news is difficult. According to the article discussing about How fake news go viral , fake news always spread fast and often cause tremendous impact , just like the post in Eric Tucker's Twitter. Originally he is just a ordinary twitter user with only 40 followers . However, his post was shared at least 16,000 times on Twitter and more than 350,000 times on Facebook . Even he himself didn't expect to have such wide consumption from the public. Therefore it is hard to clarify again that his post is false about the fact .Thus , I think the key to classify real news from fake news is to be critical.Critical thinking helps in analyzing and inferring the news.
Kitty Hung (Hong Kong)
You can see why Mr.Tucker posted some fake news about Donald Trump. As he didn’t fact-check the news that he put out on Twitter and this fake news spread through the Internet. In my opinion, before we post news , we should check that the news are true or not and make a more objective statement. Also, when we have to identify whether the news are fake or real by reading them on different media.
Kenny Chan Chung Yiu (Tuen Mun HK)
I think fake news really made impacts all over the world.If we are not clever enough to identify which news is real,we suffer.For example,the Tweet from Eric Tucker who had said that some anti-Trump protesters were blocked away from the Austin protests before the USA presidential election.The news was proved to be fake few hours later.Eric had tried to tell others that the news was fake but only few of them gave responses.In other words,people were believed in Mr. Eric's tweet and only few of them realized that the news was fake.So,I think that people should find evidence to prove that the news was correct but not fake,then we can share it out and let others know more about it.
Lee Tsz Hei (MKP)
This news implies that the issue of fake news is extremely serious nowadays. Believing in those fake news, I reckon that every citizen should be more careful when keeping up with the news. As a citizen, we all have responsibility to know more about stuffs like economy and politic in Hong Kong.However, it is true that it is difficult to tell whether the news is fake or real.In an attempt to ensure that,I believe that Hong Kong citizens should fact-check through different media outlet for instance SCMP and TAI KO PO.Since all the news is related to us greatly, it will be very critical if we cannot tell whether it is true or not. To sum up, it's time for us to be more careful on fact-checking of the news as we need to know the truth of some critical issue correctly.
Kinki Tsoi (HK )
Internet has become part of our daily life and we can easily find news in different social media ,to care about our society .The pros is that we can read news anywhere,anytime.Whereas ,because of the convenience in Internet,fake news are also common to see .to get real news,we may read news from different websites,to ensure that we get the truth.Also,we need to think about the credibility of the news but not trust it blindly. Fake news may let people make wrong decisions, sometimes we may also get into troubles because of the fake news,like 'the end of the world 'in 21st December in 2012,but is didn't happen .So it is the importance of why we must carefully identify whether the news is real or not.
Ma Ko Pan Memorial College (Hong Kong)
Fake news have become more common nowadays.Some of us even don't know how to identify what's true or false.There are few ways that we can check for example sources of the news and by comparing news on different website.Sources from government or TVB news are always valid but news from Facebook or Instagram may be fake always.If we can't identify whether the news are fake,we may do some wrong actions due to it.
Mary (Hong Kong)
Basically, this news is about Eric Tucker, who shared fake news on Twitter. In my opinion, we should be more careful while reading news on social media, for example we may check whether the source is reliable, so as to identify real and fake news. We should also think twice before sharing the fake news, otherwise everyone will believe it.
Phoebe Chan (hong kong)
Recently there are different examples of fake news, especially we can read news on the internet. We judge things and people by photos and video. The reason why fake news goes virus is that people do not check and think before they like, share and comment. We believe what others show us and what they want us to believe.
JASON (HK)
People nowadays , are keep posting some fake news on different social media ,like Facebook and YouTube .May be they are just kidding or want to make profit by getting more likes . No matter what they mean to be, these fake news are really annoying. As a citizen we have to find out the truth of the news , and read the news from the reliable source , but not believe the fake news from those unreliable social media.Imagine if there all of the people had read the fake news and believed it , there will be less and less people will know the truth and share their opinion on it . And sooner no one can monitor the government or care the news.
Chan Chung Yan (HK)
Keeping up with news is just like reading books.Choosing the right book is the most important element before we start. No matter what type of news we'd like to read of,it's a must to check whether the news is from a reliable source.Minors mainly surf on the Internet and social medias,there are website giving out fake news.It'll be a great start if we do keep up with news,but never with fake ones.Ones value can be affected by the surroundings,easily,I mean it won't be easy to figure out the truth.It's never easy.But by considering the bond between us and the society,why not spending a little bit more time to find out the things hidden behind the screen?It's be more effective to boarden our horizons, just in a few minutes.Why wasting life on arguing on wrong information then?Isn't it wasteful to give up on understanding the complete event,while spending our time phubbing on our smart phone about fake news? Expressing our thoughts on the media may help enhance our logical and critical thinking skills as well.As we can see, identifying real news can be such a great deal,and I'd like to do so.
Wong Yuen Yung (Hong Kong)
The fake news may provide some information which are wrong to the readers. We need to analysis what are the facts by thinking whether it is reasonable or not. Also we can chose to believe or not after knowing where the news came from. The news form government were always reliable as their news will show to the whole world. They have some professional teams to work for finding news and ensure the news are true. Therefore read news from reliable sources instead of reading in social media which without proving.
paco cheng (HK)
If more and more people received the fake news ,the fake news will be shared .So, the true will be hidden and be instead by the fake one. For the people , they cannot know what the world actually happen .After a long times, the people would treat the fake news as true.
Ernest (Hong Kong)
President Trump had said that the fake news would completely damage his fame. Thus we can know that the fake news has a powerful impact on the Internet. Then what should we do in order to avoid receiving the fake news. Of course, the Internet will bring either pros or cons to the community. The only way I can think of is we should believe some news, which come from a publisher with good reputation. It is important as the fake news can make a society become frustrated To conclude, we should read real news instead of reading fake news.
Cherry Chiu (Hong Kong )
There are thousand of news coming up every day or every second, and we need to keep up with the news as it's a media for us to connect with the world and know what things going on. But, it is difficult for us to distinguish those news are real or fake. So we can find the news are real by its publisher or its reference, like so of the news are came from official medium, they are more likely to be real. However, so news comes from social media that everyone can comment on it, we need to be very careful as the one who post may have their own stand. Therefore the news are not reliable and comprehensive at all. Fake news misunderstand us and even effect our decision in public election in the future when the news is about social issue.So, we have to be brilliant network users that can select real news to read.
Eunice ( Hk)
Fakes news are getting more common in society.People utilize news for political reasons sometimes.Definitely,fake news will not do any good to society.Actually,news is crucial for knowing about the world.Reading news enables us to keep up with the world.But most importantly,people can more about the policy of government.It is important as it makes sure the government can provide decent and adequate welfare to the needy in society.As a result,people 's living standards can be boosted.But fakes news not only fail to boost their living standards, lower people 's living quality.
Ko Chi Him Alvin (tuen Mun,Hong Kong)
Nowadays,there are many fake news in the whole world.For example,many people are discussing the relationship between Donald Trump and the presidential of Russia,Putin.these kind of fake news affect our mind to determine whether it is real or fake.This is the main influence of the appearance of fake news nowadays.But how can we escape from the fake news?I think we can read different information of a specific news,such as read different newspapers in a day.This must help us to distinguish real news and fake news.On the other hand,we should keep up with the news since we can know more about what actually happened in our daily life.Besides,reading more news can also help us learn better in LS.To sum up,reading news is really helpful for us to know more things in society and we should keep this good habit.
Stephanie Leung (Hong Kong)
In my opinion, it is absolutely important for us to read news from newspaper as they are telling us the truth of news all around the world. Also, I would read news from different newspapers as they might give out new views about that news. I seldom read news on Facebook as I know that the news there might be fake which cannot give me correct information of that news. To me, fake news are giving you wrong information which could only lead you away from the truth. Whenever I read news from Facebook, I usually research it from Google so I can know if it really does tell the truth.
Chow Wing Yu (Hong Kong)
We should keep up with the news so as to keep in touch with the world and know what other things are happening in other places everyday.For getting the real news , we can get them from the newspaper such as Apple Daily. If we need to tell the news is real or not, we can look at the source provided and do some research of this topic.
Joan Gill (Fairfield CT)
Thank you for this very complete and intelligently written lesson. I teach ESL at a community college and I have consulted Mr. Ferlazzo's blog about other topics. Great stuff!
Ed (Old Field, NY)
When I was this age, my brother told me something important: the most important part of the New York Times is the corrections, which now helpfully follow at the bottom of an article online rather than being printed in the next days or weeks. No news can be assumed to be factually correct in its first edition, and every story will change as more facts come to light. This means that one can never be sure of the accuracy and completeness of what one reads. That must be left to historians.