On the fake ABC News site there is an article claiming a protester was paid $3,500 to protest Donald Trump. The same rules apply to both. About midway through the article on the protest, there is a quote from the founder of Snopes, a site that proves certain news on the Internet is fake. About midway through the article on the protest, there is a quote from the founder of Snopes, a site that proves certain news on the Internet is fake. Most real stories have plenty of other sources of information, too. If you spend a lot of time on social media, you have probably done this at least once. He also had a locked account, making the "news" very suspicious. When you read them, pay attention to the following warning signs. That would have been shocking because it could make the protests seem bigger or more popular than they actually were but it was not true. It is supposedly written by Jimmy Rustling. If the article has no links to sources, you are likely reading fake news. It also goes on to describe Snopes as "a website known for its biased opinions and inaccurate information they write about stories on the internet." He is quoted as saying he approves of the article. According to a study released in June by computer scientists at Columbia University and the French National Institute, 59 percent of links shared on social media have never actually been clicked. (Peabody awards and Pulitzer Prizes are the highest honors in journalism, and are very difficult to win.)