Showcase Magazine Summer 2026 - Flipbook - Page 25
FACT OR FIB
FACT OR FIB?
In a world of fake news and social media, test your know-how of
critical thinking skills to tackle misleading information! Are these
news headlines clickbait or just pure fibs?
Vaccinated people make up
most COVID deaths
Big Ben renamed 8Massive
Mohammed9 from 2018
~The Rochdale Herald
FIB!
This was satire
mistaken for
news!
Doctors hate this one trick
when losing weight
~Facebook
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Common
affiliatemarketing tactic
Spot the Clues!
~The Washington Post
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A genuine article
with very
misleading 8facts9
Trump says he9s done more
for Christianity than Jesus
~The Babylon Bee
FIB!
Emotionally-loaded language
Missing/ unrecognised source
Cropped/ edited images
This was also
satire mistaken
for news!
Suspicious statistics
Urgency and calls for action
Fake or unverified authority
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