There are various steps that can be taken to determine if a piece of news is fake or not. For starters, check if the news outlet reporting this piece of news is a reputable outlet such as CNN or Wall Street Journal. Next would be identifying and researching the author of the news article. Check to see if the author has good credibility and reports only facts. The last big step that can be taken is to compare that piece of news with other news outlets to see if they have covered that same story. News spreads fast and if it is real and important it will be covered by many news outlets at the same time.
A perceptual set refers to a predisposition to perceive things in a certain way. In other words, we often tend to notice only certain aspects of an object or situation while ignoring other details.
