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Can you tell these fake Texas news stories from the real ones? Take our quiz to find out.

The furor over fake news showed no signs of slowing down in 2017. Take our quiz to see how good you are at identifying falsehoods.

By Bobby BlanchardDec. 22, 2017, 12:01 a.m. CentralUpdated Dec. 22, 2017, 12:01 a.m. Central

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Can you tell these fake Texas news stories from the real ones? Take our quiz to find out.

by Bobby Blanchard, The Texas Tribune
December 22, 2017

<h1>Can you tell these fake Texas news stories from the real ones? Take our quiz to find out.</h1>
<p class="byline">by Bobby Blanchard, The Texas Tribune <br />December 22, 2017</p>

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<p>A lively legislative session &mdash; and a special session &mdash; that featured fights over bathrooms. Legal battles over abortion, immigration policy and political maps. A devastating hurricane. 2017 was filled with nonstop news in Texas. Here are the highlights.<a href="https://www.texastribune.org/series/2017-year-in-review/">More in this series</a></p>
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<p>The furor over fake news showed no signs of slowing down in 2017.</p>
<p>The term remains as prevalent as ever, with the president&nbsp;of the United States regularly using Twitter to criticize mainstream media outlets as "fake news." How good are you at identifying falsehoods that spread online? Take our Texas-themed quiz below and <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.texastribune.org/2017/12/13/can-you-spot-fake-texas-news-stories-real-ones/preview/%3Futm_campaign%3Dtrib-social-buttons%26utm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dsocial&amp;text=I%20took%20The%20Texas%20Tribune&apos;s%20fake%20news%20quiz%20and%20I%20got%20...%3F&amp;via=TexasTribune&amp;related=TexasTribune,TribTalkTX,TXTribuneEvents,TribData">let us know how you did</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>Related:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tribtalk.org/2017/12/22/avoiding-fake-news-a-social-media-managers-tips-for-verifying-online-news/">Avoiding &ldquo;fake news&rdquo;: a social media manager&rsquo;s tips for verifying online news</a></em></p>
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Can you tell these fake Texas news stories from the real ones? Take our quiz to find out.

Bobby Blanchard, The Texas Tribune
December 22, 2017

A lively legislative session — and a special session — that featured fights over bathrooms. Legal battles over abortion, immigration policy and political maps. A devastating hurricane. 2017 was filled with nonstop news in Texas. Here are the highlights.More in this series

Editor’s note: The Texas Tribune is no longer using the service Typeform, which powered this quiz. 

The furor over fake news showed no signs of slowing down in 2017.

The term remains as prevalent as ever, with the president of the United States regularly using Twitter to criticize mainstream media outlets as "fake news." How good are you at identifying falsehoods that spread online? Take our Texas-themed quiz below and let us know how you did. 

Related: Avoiding “fake news”: a social media manager’s tips for verifying online news

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