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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTip for fact-checking images before posting them on DU
Before posting some amazing image from Twitter or some other source, take the time to right click the image and then click "Search Google for image." That's in Windows. You can also copy the link to the image and paste it into a google image search to look for other instances of that image. Look at where that image has appeared for guidance on whether or not to spread it further around the Internet.
That way, if the image is a hoax, you'll probably find debunking information about that image on Google. Who knows. Fact-checking might save you some embarrassment sometimes.
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Tip for fact-checking images before posting them on DU (Original Post)
MineralMan
Sep 2017
OP
Great Instructions....I spend so many hours debunking stuff my family comes across
HipChick
Sep 2017
#10
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)1. K&R
unblock
(52,316 posts)2. hmmm....
MineralMan
(146,327 posts)5. LOL! Clearly my avatar is a hoax.
Google found links to DU for it, though, I see.
Orrex
(63,221 posts)3. That's why I checked this one thoroughly before posting
MineralMan
(146,327 posts)6. Wow! Aren't you glad you didn't post that as
a truth.
Orrex
(63,221 posts)9. Yes, I've been hurt before
Iggo
(47,564 posts)7. But, but then I might not be first!
I have to be first.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)8. A quick example of discerning a false versus true fact.
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HipChick
(25,485 posts)10. Great Instructions....I spend so many hours debunking stuff my family comes across
I have all but given up with them.....
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)11. I like a little head
----->
MineralMan
(146,327 posts)12. Yah, me, too. Especially that one.
I've grown attached to it.
JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)13. I Know This Is Real Without Checking