News Media Canada launches media literacy tool to ‘SPOT’ fake news online

TORONTO — Media consumers of all ages are getting help to critically assess online news and information thanks to a new media literacy tool — SPOT Fake News Online — launched today by News Media Canada.News Media Canada is the national association of the Canadian news media industry, serving print and digital news media members in every province and territory. Having been awarded earlier this year $484,300 in funding from the federal government as part of the Ministry of Canadian Heritage’s Digital Citizen Initiative, News Media Canada has designed and developed a new public awareness program to provide straightforward tools...