Recognize fake news! You don't have to be a professional to recognize fake news!
Over the course of the day, users see a lot of real news, but in between there are always half-truths or even completely false news, often shared by friends - this is the infamous fake news!
“ That’s definitely complicated! I'd rather leave it to the experts to figure this out! “, some people might think. But the only difference between us and you is the experience we have in detecting fake news. But we also only cook with water, and in five simple steps you can check for yourself whether a report is true or just a fantasy of a more or less imaginative user.
There are just certain things you need to pay attention to when it comes to news and articles:
If a report is very exaggerated, offers little content, but all the more an opinion of a certain political or religious direction, you should read more carefully to see whether this report contains credible sources at all.
All you have to do is take a look at the imprint of the site from which the report comes... if there is an imprint, because many sites that spread fake news hide the identity of their creators.
If a report is only found on this one site or on other sites that also have no imprint and tend to only publish reports against a certain political or religious tendency, it can be strongly assumed that it is fake news.
You often find “hybrid fakes”, i.e. fakes in which the pictures are real but the news is made up.
The same goes the other way around: a real report, for example a police report about an attack, is taken, greatly exaggerated, some details are invented and images are used that have nothing to do with the report. To check something like this more closely, you can use the reverse image search from search engines such as Google or Yandex.
Unfortunately, the word “satire” is used excessively by fake news sites: people simply title an inflammatory article “satire” to protect themselves. On many sites the satire is obvious and funny, such as “Postillon”, while other sites only hide the information very briefly on the site or in the imprint, as they calculate that many users will believe the message and spread it further.
Article image: Shutterstock / sdecoret
If you enjoyed this post and value the importance of well-founded information, become part of the exclusive Mimikama Club! Support our work and help us promote awareness and combat misinformation. As a club member you receive:
📬 Special Weekly Newsletter: Get exclusive content straight to your inbox.
🎥 Exclusive video* “Fact Checker Basic Course”: Learn from Andre Wolf how to recognize and combat misinformation.
📅 Early access to in-depth articles and fact checks: always be one step ahead.
📄 Bonus articles, just for you: Discover content you won't find anywhere else.
📝 Participation in webinars and workshops : Join us live or watch the recordings.
✔️ Quality exchange: Discuss safely in our comment function without trolls and bots.
Join us and become part of a community that stands for truth and clarity. Together we can make the world a little better!
* In this special course, Andre Wolf will teach you how to recognize and effectively combat misinformation. After completing the video, you have the opportunity to join our research team and actively participate in the education - an opportunity that is exclusively reserved for our club members!
Notes:
1) This content reflects the current state of affairs at the time of publication. The reproduction of individual images, screenshots, embeds or video sequences serves to discuss the topic. 2) Individual contributions were created through the use of machine assistance and were carefully checked by the Mimikama editorial team before publication. ( Reason )

