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Beyond The Headlines #2: Media Sensationalism In News Coverage

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Beyond The Headlines #2: Media Sensationalism In News Coverage

Adejumo Kabir February 21, 2019 0

While sensationalism is difficult to pin down because it means different things to different people, what is...

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Looking Beyond The Headlines #1: Did The APC, In 2015, Promise To Equal One Dollar To One Naira?

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Looking Beyond The Headlines #1: Did The APC, In 2015, Promise To Equal One Dollar To One Naira?

Yusuf Akinpelu February 20, 2019 1

So we may be correct to ask: if sacrificing undue traffic for telling the truth would avert...

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Fact or Fiction: Tips On How to Identify Fake Reports

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Fact or Fiction: Tips On How to Identify Fake Reports

Adejumo Kabir February 14, 2019 0

The election period is no doubt a period when everything online becomes ‘newsworthy’ and many gullible people...

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Google is a good source but you have to be smart when using it.

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Google is a good source but you have to be smart when using it.

Yusuf Akinpelu January 25, 2019 3

“Urgent!!!pls pass this to any Nigerian friend on your contact list -Just got dis [sic] please, don’t...

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How Kemi Adeosun’s NYSC Certificate Forgery Has Triggered #Fakenews

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How Kemi Adeosun’s NYSC Certificate Forgery Has Triggered #Fakenews

Dubawa July 19, 2018 0

It’s been 11 days since Premium Times broke the news that Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, did...

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The pendulum between fact-checkers and the rest of us

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The pendulum between fact-checkers and the rest of us

Dubawa July 13, 2018 0

Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed has flagged off a nationwide campaign against fake news ahead...

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… of reports and claims that leave room for speculation

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… of reports and claims that leave room for speculation

Dubawa July 9, 2018 1

The past one week has kept the mainstream and social media abuzz. The saga started with reports...

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Fake news: If it’s too bad to be true, maybe it is

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Fake news: If it’s too bad to be true, maybe it is

Dubawa June 26, 2018 0

In June 2015, 21-year-old Dylan Roof walked into the Emmanuel African Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina...

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Top Tips to #Factcheck viral social media VIDEOS

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Top Tips to #Factcheck viral social media VIDEOS

Ebele Oputa May 16, 2018 0

This is an edited version of the article which was originally published on FactCheckingDay.com for International Fact-Checking...

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