by Yucheng Tang
posted Sept. 15
Disinformation. Misinformation. Lies. Bunk. Hoaxes.
All those terms fall under the umbrella of fake news, according to a media literacy expert, who spoke Sept. 14 to the League of Women Voters in Chico.
“We generally only cherry-pick the fake news producers that we dislike,” said Nolan Higdon, the author of “The Anatomy of Fake News.” “We don’t like to admit there are some people we do like who also produce fake news.”
Hidgon, a history and media studies lecturer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was invited by the local League to discuss media literacy and recommend tips that can be used to fight fake news. The most important thing he wanted to encourage people to do is to verify that information they’re consuming meets journalistic standards.