User:Jiani Yang (Nina)/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Fake news

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
My major is communication, and I am interested in articles about media, so I have chosen this passage to evaluate.

In our daily lives, we often see some fake news. If we blindly believe that news, it may lead to a bad influence on us. Therefore, the fake news summarized in this article is significant since it can help us to improve our ability to distinguish the truth of the content.

This article is clear in structure.

Evaluate the article
Concerned with the lead section of the article, it indicates the definition of fake news, and it guides readers to generate their opinions about fake news. Also, the passage provides readers with an overview of its content. Furthermore, the article's content majorly covers key aspects of false news, and it lists several fake news from different countries as examples. All examples are clearly stated, and they are posted with a close connection to the topic. Moreover, the article is written from a neutral point of view, and its content is not biased. It is an objective exposition of the facts. The information sources of the article are reliable, and the reference is very detailed and comprehensive. Overall, the content for the passage is easy for readers to understand, and the structure is simple and clear. What attracts readers is that the article is interspersed with an illustrative summary chart and some images, which keeps readers from being bored. The only fly in the ointment is that the passage is not concise enough, and it presents some superfluous or unnecessary examples in its history and by country parts.