Table 2.

LIME explanations for the four test scenarios - BERT-based classifier.

Test	Sentence	Probability fake	Probability real	Highlighted words	Weights
1	FBI NEW YORK FIELD OFFICE Just Gave A Wake Up Call To Hillary Clinton	0.97	0.03	1. Gave 2. Just 3. A 4. Hillary 5. Clinton	+ 0.28 + 0.25 + 0.23 + 0.21 + 0.17
2	Turkey-backed rebels in Syria put IS jihadists through rehab	0.00	1.00	1. Turkey 2. Syria 3. in 4. backed 5. jihadist	– 0.02 – 0.02 – 0.01 – 0.01 – 0.01
3	Trump looms behind both Obama and Haley speeches	0.58	0.42	1. and 2. Obama 3. Haley 4. looms 5. behind	+ 0.17 + 0.16 + 0.13 – 0.05 + 0.05
4	Pope Francis Demands Christians Apologize For Marginalizing LGBT People	0.29	0.71	1. For 2. Pope 3. People 4. Marginalizing 5. LGBT	– 0.10 – 0.08 + 0.08 + 0.08 + 0.04