What is Fake News?
Fake news is usually real news that is taken out of context or manipulated. It could also be entirely made up or just parody. This type of news has always existed (think National Enquirer, or "Yellow Journalism"), but has become more mainstream due to the fast spreading of fake news on social media. The term "fake news" spread rapidly during and after the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign.
Here are some resources that will help you to evaluate news.
The ODU Libraries provides access to several news databases.
(Restricted to VIVA/ODU)
Contains local and regional voices reflecting the social, political, and cultural events of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. These newspapers were a crucial channel of information in towns and major cities, and provide researchers with a unique, first-hand perspective on history.
1851 - 2021 (Restricted to ODU)
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers, and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society, and events of the time. The Historical New York Times with Index (1851-1993) provides search capability using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the Historical New York Times.