Fake News and Evaluating Resources: Fake Collections
Flexible, convenient, irrefutable - Fake sources are the future of research
Facts and the truth are so 20th century. Today's researcher has moved on to a more relativist approach. Thanks to a generous $400M donation from Veronica Butcher, class of '17, the library is now offering a wide array of resources tailored to researchers who use fake news and alternative facts to make whatever claims they want. This guide will give you all the basic tools you need to shape fake news to take your research in whatever direction you need.
In this post-fact world, don't let truth shape you, instead shape the truth you need!
New Fake Book Collection
![[image: cover of a the book "The Little Golden Book of Alternate Facts". A drawing of a chair is labeled "Table," a drawing of a dog is labeled "cat," a drawing of a bird is labeled "Butterfly", a drawing of grapes is labeled "Marbles", a drawing of scissors is labeled "Sword," a drawing of children is labeled "Pancakes", a drawing of a tricycle is labeled "Wagon" and drawing of an egg is labeled "soup," a drawing of a carrot is labeled "Mnuchin," a drawing of mittens is labeled "socks", a pink rectangle is labeled "Yellow," the number 1 is labeled "rocket," a drawing of a boy in a chair drawing a picture is labeled "pirate."]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/libapps/accounts/22511/images/16142612_10154208018101179_160785306693094451_n.jpg)
image by Tim O'Brien via Boing Boing
Resources
Worlds Book Encyclopedia of Fake News and Facts: A series of reference "books" containing thousands of words on magnetic backings. Arrange the words on the magnetic surfaces of the book cover, spine or pages in the book to make the book about whatever you need.
Fake News Video Thumbnail Generator
Procrustes: Database of fake news already in circulation. Find thousands, nay millions, of articles that conform to your every preconception
The Totally Credible and Believable Fact (TCBF) Generator: Need a made up fact fast? Use this fact generator to create a series of "facts" in quick succession.