West Virginia University Course To Detect ‘Fake News’

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia University is offering a new course to provide student consumers with tools for separating media fact from fiction.
Noting the phrase “fake news” has been widely heard since last year’s presidential election and is now used in commentary by both politicians and journalists, the university’s Reed College of Media says the honors seminar tackles the phenomenon head on.
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