Anyone active on social media has ###### done this at least once: shared ###### based on the headline without actually ###### the link.

Let's face it, you've ###### done this many times. According to ###### study released in June by computer ###### at Columbia University and the French ###### Institute, 59 percent of links shared ###### social media have never actually been ######.]]>
There's ABC News, the ###### network, with the Web address of @@@@@@@.@@.@@@.]]>
The use of ".co" at the ###### is a strong clue you are ###### at a fake news website. But ###### are other signs as well. Check The "Contact Us" Page

Some ###### news sites don't have any contact ######, which easily demonstrates it's phony.]]>
###### the fake ABC News site there ###### an article claiming a protester was ###### $3,500 to protest Trump. It's supposedly ###### by Jimmy Rustling.]]>
All of the ###### are signs that "Dr.]]>
###### fake articles have made-up quotes that ###### not pass the laugh test. About ###### through the article on the protest, ###### founder of Snopes.com – which debunks ###### news on the Internet – is ###### "quoted," saying he approves of the ######. It also goes on to describe ###### as "a website known for its ###### opinions and inaccurate information they write ###### stories on the internet."]]>
Sometimes fake articles ###### based on merely a tweet. The ###### York Times documented how the fake ###### that anti-Trump protesters were bused in ###### with a single, ill-informed tweet by ###### man with just 40 followers. Another ###### fake story, that Trump fed police ###### working protests in Chicago, also started ###### a tweet – by a man ###### wasn't even there but was passing ###### a claim made by "friends."]]>
If ###### article has no links to legitimate ###### – or links at all – ###### another telltale sign that you are ###### fake news. Look At The Ads

A profusion of pop-up ###### or other advertising indicates you should ###### the story with care.]]>
###### simple Google search often will quickly ###### you if the news you are ###### is fake. Our friends at Snopes ###### also compiled a Field Guide to ###### News Sites, allowing you to check ###### the article comes from a fraudster. ###### is also a website called RealorSatire.com ###### allows you to post the URL ###### any article and it will quickly ###### you if the article comes from ###### fake or biased news website.]]>