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Spot the Fake Headline

Decide whether each headline uses manipulated framing, then see your score and the technique behind each example.

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The quiz uses a claim from Verfiai’s fact-check library alongside invented practice headlines. None are quotations from news outlets; the quiz checks framing, not truth.

  1. 1. Fact check: The Moon has a permanently dark side

    Is this headline manipulated?
  2. 2. City library adds Sunday hours beginning this summer

    Is this headline manipulated?
  3. 3. New study proves coffee prevents every case of heart disease

    Is this headline manipulated?
  4. 4. ‘Vaccines rewrite human DNA,’ says the World Health Organization

    Is this headline manipulated?
  5. 5. Survey of 1,200 adults finds 42% favor the proposed park plan

    Is this headline manipulated?
  6. 6. Local reports rise 200% after incident count climbs from one to three

    Is this headline manipulated?
  7. 7. Scientists split evenly on whether Earth is warming

    Is this headline manipulated?
  8. 8. County transit agency reports bus ridership increased 8% last year

    Is this headline manipulated?
  9. 9. School district publishes proposed calendar for public comment

    Is this headline manipulated?
  10. 10. One unusual result means the new policy is a total failure

    Is this headline manipulated?

About the examples

The headlines are illustrative exercises, not quotations from news outlets. The quiz tests framing techniques and does not determine whether a real-world claim is true.

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