How To Spot Fake News From A Mile Away

Here's how to avoid becoming an uninformed angry internet denizen.
How To Spot Fake News From A Mile Away

Thanks to the Twitters and the Facebooks of the world, these days we pretty much just get our "news" from the clickbait headlines we see while scrolling through poorly-made but still hilarious memes. Which sucks, because it's pretty much ruining society. So here's how to avoid becoming an uninformed angry internet denizen in the future.

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