How can you spot deceptive news if you don't know what REAL news looks like?

One way to become a smarter consumer of news is to understand how news is supposed to be reported, fact-checked, edited, published, updated, and corrected when necessary.

Journalism, like other professions, has ethical rules and standards of practice. Good journalists and news outlets hold themselves to these standards, and the public can hold them accountable, too.

If you're not sure about a news story you've seen online, on TV, or in a print source, ask yourself: Does this story meet standards of real journalism?

(The infographic provided here is from Checkology - an awesome news literacy resource!)