For background about this project, please visit http://myinstructionaldesigns.com/eportfolio/fake-news-fitness
Documentation for Fake News Fitness 2.0 can be found here: docs.fakenewsfitness.org
NOTE: This primary draws deeply on media literacy expert Mike Caulfield's eBook, Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers (2017). It also draws on developer Bram Moreinis' own understanding as a web developer, educational technologist, and secondary school teacher. The two sources are not teased apart. Mike should be given credit for the elements that have not become outdated since 2017, and Bram should be blamed for whatever does not make sense anymore.
Before you get into reading, there are many markers (clues) about the trustworthiness of a page. These include the URL (which tells you where you are), the look of the page (fake and questionable news sites often have screens cluttered with image ads) and the writing style (formal, grammatical text that had an editor's eye, or ALL CAPS exclamations (WOW!) and sloppy grammar.
One can very quickly answer these questions: