B2 · 23 words
Lotte checks the facts
A shocking post about Berlin's parks is going round, and Lotte's aunt has already shared it. Lotte finds out where it comes from. Learn to judge sources, to tell news from opinion and to correct a false report kindly.
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Aunt
Lotte, schau mal! Im Tiergarten läuft ein Bär herum! Ich habe es gleich überall verbreitet.
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Translation
Lotte, look! There's a bear wandering around the Tiergarten! I've already spread it everywhere.
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Lotte
Die Schlagzeile ist nur eine Behauptung. Ich habe das Foto überprüft: Jemand hat es manipuliert.
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Translation
The headline is only a claim. I checked the photo: someone has doctored it.
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Lotte
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Translation
Credible media report objectively. Misleading posts mainly want to scare people.
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Words and Phrases
- der Fakt fact
- die Falschmeldung false report
- das Gerücht rumour
- die Behauptung claim
- die Recherche research
- der Zusammenhang connection
- die Fälschung fake
- das Vorurteil prejudice
- die Wahrheit truth
- verbreiten to spread
- beurteilen to judge
- unterscheiden to distinguish
- überprüfen to check
- manipulieren to manipulate
- glaubwürdig credible
- objektiv objective
- irreführend misleading
- zweifelhaft dubious
- die Runde machen to do the rounds
- die Schlagzeile headline
- der Beweis proof
- behaupten to claim
- die Medien (pl.) media
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