Visual and Predictive Analytics: FAKE/TRUE NEWS Classifier
FAKE NEWS ... A hot topic that has been around for many years and that recently has exploded and got hotter amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But, what exactly is fake news ? Fake news is false or misleading information presented as news. It often aims to damage the reputation of a person or entity or make money through advertising revenue. Particularly for business, w hy is it relevant to analyze, characterize, and PREDICT fake news? At the same time that fake news is considered a serious threat to real journalism, they are also connected to stock market fluctuations and massive trades. For example, a few years ago fake news claiming that Barack Obama was injured in an explosion wiped out 130 billion dollars in stock value. As I mentioned in my first post , in this and in future posts, I'll dive a little bit deeper into relevant examples of Data Analytics applications to real-life situations. In this post, I'm going to describe how it is possible to apply Advanced Visualization t