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"Fake News" is a catch-all term used to describe false information designed to look like news media. Traditional media outlets have editorial standards, factcheckers, and copy editors to ensure the information disseminated is accurate and credible. The Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics can be accessed here.
Conversely, Fake News is intended to deceive, persuade, damage a reputation or institution, or simply for profit. Fake News comes in different forms (All definitions below from the Cambridge English Dictionary):
In addition to collecting print editions of select newspapers, magazines, and journals, Touro provides access to a vast number of them for free online via subscribed databases. Below are a list of databases as well as free news sources.
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