âIf you start fact-checking the news, the primal question you should answer, is who needs such news, why the authors are trying to evoke such emotions rather than others. Although, of course, if a person is sceptical, thinks that, for example, in Lithuania everything is bad, the economy has collapsed, all the people have emigrated, he would probably not check such news, but unequivocally such news are fake, have no basis, only tries to manipulate the facts, hide something,â JanÄis says.
According to JanÄis, some fake news is spread by people who sincerely believe in conspiracy theories, but another type is biased news, produced and disseminated by certain organizations or groups of people, and for such activities considerable financial resources are needed. This particular fact drew Lie Detectorâs attention while doing the fact checking research, that ultimately won a Facebook award.