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Politics
Theory of knowledge | Form Time | Politics

Innocent man blamed for Kirk shooting

False accusations: After being incorrectly named online as having shot Charlie Kirk, people accused Canadian Michael Mallinson of being 'pure evil', a 'liberal boomer lunatic', and a 'far-left extremist' with a Ukrainian connection.

Can we learn to spot misinformation? 22-year-old Tyler Robinson has been identified as the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. But before him, social media blamed Michael Mallinson, a Canadian pensioner.

Comprehension quiz

  1. The word “adversaries” most closely means:

    A: Allies

    B: Opponents

    C: Friends

    D: Relatives

  2. Which word has the closest meaning to “decipher”?

    A: Misinterpret

    B: Encode

    C: Understand

    D: Confuse

  3. Add the correct punctuation to this sentence:

    the utah governor warned people to put their phones down

  4. What does the ‘S’ stand for in the Sift method?

    A: Search

    B: Stop

    C: Share

    D: Scrutinise

  5. According to the article, what happened to Michael Mallinson after he was wrongly identified as the suspect?

     

     

  6. Name two groups of people that the article says have been harmed by the spread of fake news.

Answers

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1. B, 2. C, 3. The Utah governor warned people to "put their phones down.", 4. B, 5. Michael Mallinson's daughter called him and told him to delete all of his social media and stay inside., 6. People who are wrongly accused of crimes, and social media users and news consumers.
1. B, 2. C, 3. The Utah governor warned people to "put their phones down.", 4. B, 5. Michael Mallinson's daughter called him and told him to delete all of his social media and stay inside., 6. People who are wrongly accused of crimes, and social media users and news consumers.