Analyzing Fake News with Transformers
We were all born thinking that the Earth was flat. As babies, we crawled on flat surfaces. As kindergarten children, we played on flat playgrounds. In elementary school, we sat in flat classrooms. Then, our parents and teachers told us that the Earth was round and that the people on the other side of it were upside down. It took us quite a while to understand why they did not fall off the Earth. Even today, when we see a beautiful sunset, we still see the "sun set" and not the Earth rotate away from the sun!
It takes time and effort to figure out what is fake news and what isn't. Like children, we have to work our way through something we perceive as fake news.
In this chapter, we will tackle the hot topics of the day. We will work on checking the facts on topics such as climate change, gun control, and Donald Trump's Tweets. We will analyze Tweets, Facebook posts, and other sources of information.
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