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The following is a list of sources compiled by Melissa Zimdars, assistant professor of communication at Merrimack College. This list was titled False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and/or Satirical "News" Sources.

The list has come to the attention of Wikipedians after it was widely circulated in the Internet during the surge of the discussions of fake news. Zimdars herself noted that this list was merely a guideline for her students and never intended to be comprehensive, authoritative, or widely published, see the talk page for details.

Wikipedia itself has articles List of fake news websites and List of satirical news websites.


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Category 1: Fake, false, regularly misleading sites which rely on outrage using distorted headlines and decontextualized or dubious information in order to generate likes, shares, and profits.

Category 2: Websites that may circulate misleading and/or potentially unreliable information.

Category 3: Websites that sometimes use clickbait-y headlines and social media descriptions.

Category 4: Purposefully fake satire/comedy sites that can offer critical commentary on politics and society, but have the potential to be shared as actual/literal news.

Category:Wikipedia essays on reliable sources