This Site is Trying to Teach People About Fake News by Publishing It

Posted Friday, March 9, 2018 1:30 pm

Daniel Funke | Poynter

At a technology summit in Brussels, Maarten Schenk had a harebrained idea.

“We were brainstorming and thinking about how to reach people who like and share fake news online,” said Schenk, who runs the Lead Stories debunking site in Belgium.

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This Site is Trying to Teach People About Fake News by Publishing It

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