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COVID: Top 10 current conspiracy theories
1958 Demonstration of American Dialects/Accents
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We hear 6 speakers of standard English from different areas: Smithfield Virginia, Green Bay Wisconsin, Brooklyn New York, North Andover Massachussets, and Dallas Texas. I've never heard of some of the dialect features demonstrated in this film, and think they must have been lost by the current day.
Researchers identify seven types of fake news, aiding better detection
<embed>https://phys.org/news/2019-11-fake-news-aiding.html</embed> PhysOrg 11/15/2019
In a study, researchers narrowed down myriad examples of fake news to seven basic categories, which include false news, polarized content, satire, misreporting, commentary, persuasive information and citizen journalism. The researchers also contrasted those types of content with real news and report their findings in the current issue of American Behavioral Scientist.
