How To Tell When An Article Is Fake

Take these steps to ensure you're not wasting everyone's time with fake news.

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As a decent enough human being, I, like many of you, try very hard to give people the benefit of the doubt. Yet, the Internet makes that extremely difficult as many of your cousins, ex-classmates, and significant others (and side pieces) prove themselves to be just as gullible and uninformed as you assumed most to be. There are many fine examples of this across social media, but the one that vexes me most - and serves as the central theme of this post - is posting fake ass news stories and foolishly passing them off as real news. Y'all. Al Gore didn't invent the Internet for you to access via someone else's Wi-Fi to do this. But instead of just being condescending and insulting, I'm going to also offer tips on how you and yours can tell when an article is fake. After we're done here, promise me you'll stop doing that shit. And you're welcome.


Michael Arceneaux is from the land of Beyoncé, but now lives in the city of Master Splinters. Follow him at @youngsinick.

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