Fake News
Until this class I had never heard the term "Fake News". Now when I had first heard about fake news I just assumed that it was those super dramatic magazines that you see when you are standing in line at a store. After reading an article published by BBC I learned that there are many things that fall under the category fake news. First being that the people who are giving the news or the writers or people involved in the fake news are doing it for there own benefit. Many times people will create stories that are a little stretched from the truth. They do this for the publicity and the money that can be made from the story. There are also times were people will give hits to authors just to have a story made up about them. Second is false information that is circulated from one journalist to another without them knowing. Many times there are multiple Journalist who will hear a good story and try to make it there own by putting there own twist on it, by the time the story reaches the media it is like the game telephone. Meaning the story has been stretched far from the truth making it "Fake News". Third is news that people really do not want out for the public to see or hear. When these people here the stories about them and they don't like it they will call it fake news and try to make sure people believe them. This has been going on a lot with Donald Trump recently as people are finding out information about him that he doesn't want the public to know. Many times this fake news will cause so much controversy it can make the stories even bigger and worse then the person would ever want. It turns out that we are surrounded by this fake news all the time.
During the presidential election there has been lots of fake news that has surrounded the public. Much of it has to do with Donald Trumps election. Just a little bit ago BuzzFeed came out with an article stating that Donald had rigged the election and made it so he was able to win the election. Also with the election there has been a new story out about Donald Trumps ties with the Russian government and supposedly they plan to pair up together. Many people have also said that Russia has had something to do with the election and they helped rigged the system. The "Fake News" that has been coming out over our future president has started to build anger into some of his alleged trump supporters. I have come to find that fake news is lots of the time people trying to take out one another by exposing them to the public.
When doing research to really find out what fake news is I found that many times fake news is put out in ways that everyone will see. Nowadays the way for everyone to see these crazy stories is through social media. Social media is everywhere and most people have access to it, one of the largest contributors to fake news is through a website known as BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed is responsible for some of the latest stories on Donald Trump as well as Hillary clinton who claims that fake news made it so she was not able to win her election. This Fake News that all of us see everyday is truly not for any of us with everything that I have read this news is fed to us like candy. The media decides what they want all of us to see and how they can make more money off of us. The game of fake news is money and marketing these companies use social media for all of us to buy into there products or there belief all to make money. Fake news is something that we need to stand up against so we are able to hear the real news that is happening in our world. Fake news really is tailored to the community you live in. Many times we see all of these famous people and there problems more then the real news and terrible things that are going on around the world.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38636042
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-trump-has-deep-ties-to-russia?utm_term=.ke3K5XvAv#.ouZP7a9Z9
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/12/what-is-fake-news-anyway
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