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Article Evaluation: Fake news


 * Summary at top gives a quick and useful history background that compares to what "fake news" is currently. Good content on how social media/platforms play a huge role in the spread of "fake news"
 * Checked out a few of the sources, most of the links work. For the ones that say "Academic Search Premier", the links do not load. The urls show it's some sort of university library resource, so I'm guessing the person who edited the page/inserted the source link is a student who had access to their school's library online content.
 * Some of the content from the history section sound too out of context. While somewhat relevant, seem too have too much of an emphasis on how rumors that have occurred in history is heavily correlated to where "fake news" might be coming from.
 * Information throughout page seem to be from relevant dated sources, except maybe the history section that dates ancient times (i.e. medieval) of groups spreading rumors as well as how rumors/spread of disinformation were used in 19th-21st century to help advance certain groups
 * Page also noted most recently examples of fake news that happened especially during the 2016 elections, which helps represent the heart of how the term came about
 * Page also thoroughly states how fake news has infiltrated different countries; good level of detailed information to how fake news is similar and different in different regions of the world
 * Talk page is quite short, which surprises me, considering Fake News is such a long page full of information. Most of the talk was about having an objective definition of the term. A lot of back and forth about what one side thinks is personal opinion vs. what is widely accepted/used by people when editing certain parts of the Fake News page.