Fake News Who is really to blame? How? Hover over or zoom in on any circle to learn more about the sources of fake news. Why? In this modern age of information, fake news has become one of the most destructive side effects of the internet and destructive side effects of the internet and social media. Not only has the wide scale spread of fake news proven to create further division, polarization, and radicalization within the United States’ population, but it also poses a massive threat to our elections and our democratic process as a whole. If we as a nation make a point to educate ourselves on the likely sources of false information, the dangerous effects of viral fake news can be mitigated. What? LIAR is a publicly available dataset for fake news detection that contains articles with varying levels of credibility. Each article is labeled with a summarizing statement to provide context, as well as the determined validity of the statement. The value "fake factor" is calculated based on ratios of mostly true, half true, barely true, false, and “pants on fire” statements. The data was analyzed using surface-level linguistic patterns in in order to automatically detect fake news. Who? The answers you find may surprise you. Nicole Beachy, May 2020

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