People use the word “News” liberally… News can not be fake, these would not be news. If you hear some claims – whether from your friend, from a box in the corner of your room, or streaming from your pocket – just go look up something resembling facts. for example, there are sites with detailed crime reports for many neighborhoods for several years, you can check that.
PS I heard R Soloveichik, I think, quoted as: “why there is no word for “politics” in Hebrew? It surely existed. There is one – sheker. ” So, don’t peddle in one.