- In general, Even if a news content is false, it has become alarmingly similar to true news.
- Some of the key difference as per this study:
- true news is presented in highly positive tones, whereas false news is generally more negative.
- Stop words or vulgarity is more common in false news compared to true news.
- capital letters are more thrown around in false news compared to true news.
- top features which are present in true and false news according to this data set mostly deals with politics; some of the key highlights being Trump, Hilary, Clinton
- If we study the top features that distinguished the true and false news, it was some factual entity as days of the week, quoting a statement by someone or Twitter.
- So I believe this study showcased more similarities between true and false news rather than differences.
- It is a NECESSITY of the hour to have a deep understanding of what might distinguish two news pieces which are similar to each other but one is true of the two.
- This reminds me of a game called one truth and two lies.
- So if we could identify the key features which distinguish the lie and the truth, in our daily lives we could discard misinformation better.
- sadly, this is not a simple model.