Essay On Fake News

Out of the variety of news sources such as TV, radio, or newspapers, one of the popular sources in today’s world is social media. People are getting addicted to and can’t live without social media such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. They use social media as of where they can post their status but also where they can receive a lot of different news. While social media are spreading any kinds of news such as trend, celebrity or even politics, people easily get the information that is not true called “fake news.” The fake news raises the major problem in social media as the news source. Once people see the news, they tend to believe and share it. Liking can spread out fake news in a second. When people like the news, the activity

The article that was published on rush Limbaugh website, named, “Flashback: Hillary suggested Trump paid no Taxes”, is right off the top, not reliable. When configuring whether a source is reliable or not, a well-suited author. This article is missing that. Another reason to raise

Also in the middle of the article, Wanshel establishes her credibility by saying “According to ABC12…” This makes Wanshel credible because it shows that she did not just make up the information she is putting in her article. ABC12 is also a local news station in Flint, Michigan so it is a primary source of the information

In the article there is a segment titled “Easy to do, hard to spot” and the segment primarily talks about how hard in is to tell the difference between real news and fake news with I found the be very truthfully considering the fact that anyone can post anything

When reading, viewing, or listening to a mass media report, it is often tough for an audience to decide whether the information being present is accurate and reliable. In order to get a computer program to use reliable evidence, the program would have to be able to detect reliable and unreliable sources. To do this, the program could use a checklist when reviewing all potential sources of evidence. Signs of a unreliable source that could be on this list are its use of abusive language or bad grammar, no date of publication, that it is not associated with a reputable organization or publisher or that it presents only one side of a story. Having any of these signs checked off would indicate this source as unreliable and not fit for evidence in the program’s piece of

Check” by Alyssa Rosenberg describes possible strategies that can be used when an individual is trying to figure out if the information found online is true. Rosenberg and her colleague David Ignatius asked individuals what outlets and writers did they had confidence in and to explain. Most of the people interviewed said that they trusted writers and individuals who passed along stories. Nick Baumann a senior editor at Huffington Post provided questions that people can ask themselves to ensure that the information on social media is credible. The author’s thesis is to help individuals who have trouble on judging what information online is true and to not get tricked

In recent presidential elections, exaggerations and lies have become normal even while access to truthful information is increasing through the internet. Fact checking these lies has become a standalone section of the news industry, and there are several websites and organizations devoted to simply going through and researching the validity of candidates’ statements. However, even though these organizations have been created and their findings have been publicized broadly, cross-party and blanketing exaggerations have continued from every candidate’s campaign in the 2016 primary election. This trend should be worrying for voters who want political integrity and honesty, because when lying becomes a primary campaign tactic, the candidates who get elected are unreliable.

Michael Hirschorn’s article, “Truth Lies Here,” depicts how the Web, with its many falsified facts, negatively affects those who read it and forces people to distrust all facts. Hirschorn largely focuses on how political figures use the Web to publish false facts to either improve their standings or to disparage their opponents. Though it may be enlightening and attention-grabbing, his article lacks original ideas, does not deal with the opposition, and it employs questionable logic. Hirschorn’s article may be fascinating to some however, the fact that the Web contains false information is unquestionable and

1 Works Cited Kiely, Eugene, and Lori Robertson. 3 “How to Spot Fake News.” FactCheck.org, 19 Dec. 2016,

One of the articles that was given to see if the article was credible was by the Huffington Post. The article has some credibility to it but it was not a lot. The Huffington post is not credible because it has accessibility issues. Meaning that reading the articles is a difficult. In the article, there was a lot of advertisements that were present. Advertisements in the article are lining the sides in the beginning of article. Advertisements are trying to attract the eye of the consumer. Which is distracting to the reader. Also there is an advertisement in the middle of the article which it makes it harder to read the article continuously. The article need to be accessible for it to be reliable. If the article has little accessibility it makes it

The topic I selected to research for the Internet Credibility Report is “Deciding where to go to college”. I have found a website that I consider to represent an excellent example of internet credibility based on the CARS checklist, and one website that demonstrates a poorer example of internet credibility. Using the CARS checklist as a guide, I will review these two sites. I will review the website https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/prepare-for-college/choosing-schools as an excellent example, and http://www.schoolanduniversity.com/ as a poor example of internet credibility.

The easiest way to spot fake news is by making sure that the article/video has an author or has a credible author. For example, if you find an article that looks really official, but does not have an author, it would still be considered an unreliable source. Let's say that the article does have an author. What you could do is then look up the authors name on “Google.” If it says that the author has a profession in that specific article topic, then that would be considered a good credible source.

An article represents the writer behind the work, but a poorly written piece rarely sheds a good light on the author. Needless to say, many people take that extra step to make sure their article is the best they can write. That means they spend a good deal of time ensuring they stayed on topic, checked their facts and even checked their fiction.

As the world evolves and changes due to the explosion of technology, so does mankind's ways of intellectual comprehension of informative news. The present day of news has overemphasized the meaning of fake news; which represents any form of false information that is illustrated as factual news. That tends to spread throughout the internet and the media. Misinformed news has taken over the world in so many ways, such as the birth of satirical and sketchy news, the financial motivation to publish actual false news, and difficult to sustain news.

The recent surge in popularity of social media comes with a price: fake news. Fake news is defined as news or media that has been altered or modified. Journalists have begun to analyze why that fake news exists and why it continues exist. Two authors, Eoin O’Carroll and Kevin D. Williamson, both have written articles about fake news. Eoin O’Carroll’s article “How Information Overload Helps Spread Fake News,” discusses how the media has bombarded us with news stories, blurring the distinct lines between real and fake news. Kevin D. Williamson, a journalist for the National Review, writes in his article “‘Fake News, Media and Voters: Shared Reality Must Be Acknowledged” that the news is not fake; it just does not align with one’s personal beliefs. Both authors successfully appeal to their audiences’ emotions and feelings, but O’Carroll is more likely to succeed than Williamson in persuading his audience to try and combat fake news because the writer presents himself as someone the intended readers will more readily identify with and offers evidence that his readers will find more compelling.