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In this initiative, Can You Believe It?, MPR News will look at the channels in which disinformation reaches consumers, particularly through social media, and offer methods to combat its spread.


Your friend shares a story on Facebook. You read the headline and you think it's too good to be true, but it looks like it's from a news site. Experts offer tips to help you sniff out fact from fake.


Fake or real? How to self-check the news and get the facts

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"The whole idea from the start was to build a site that could kind of infiltrate the echo chambers of the alt-right," says Jestin Coler, whose company, Disinfomedia, is behind some fake news sites.


Fighting disinformation: Can You Believe It?

Fake or real? How to self-check the news and get the facts

We tracked down a fake-news creator in the suburbs. Here's what we learned