Fake news sites go viral because people love to be the first to share news, even if it isn’t true. There is a sense of excitement in being the first person to share a piece of information. The deception is in the lack of truth in the articles as well as the knowledge that the sites sharing this information know that the things they post are untrue. Part of why people believe the stories could be true is because some people have this notion that if something is on the internet, it is automatically true. Another reason is because many of these fake website have domain names similar names to real news sites. For example, the news site msnbc.com is a popular source for informations. But there is a fake news source called msnbc.website that masquerades as the real thing. People generally should only trust websites that are widely known as popular media sites such as FOX News, MSNBC, CBS, and more. Sites such as The Onion are declared as parody sites and should not be taken as serious news. Most of the time, if it seems like a hoax, it probably is. People should learn to be more critical and do their own investigating before sharing.