Fake News Essay

Everyday, billions of people read websites, magazines, newspapers, or watch television segments so they are informed on what is happening in the world. The news is something that so many people rely on and check constantly. What people aren’t aware of however, is that so much of what they are being told is a lie. False news is a growing and constant issue in today’s society. Fake news spreads rapidly, changing people's views on the world constantly. However, putting an end to this media trend has proved to be a struggle.

“Yes, but we’re more flexible targets. First, we’re not as gifted as you. Second, we aren’t a real threat. We don’t have the same brain muscle. Besides, they think they can buy us off with large sums of money to go away.”

"We're planning an assault tomorrow, and we need one more unit. I'll understand if you refuse, but we might find some answers there. Answers that I think we all want."

“What's happening guys?” He asked. I could hear the frustration in his voice. “We are better than this!”

“Why? Why shouldn’t we just capture Lexa and kill all the grounders? They killed my mother and if they kill you t-” Clarke shuddered at the thought.

“Gold. They don’t know the stories and after the first I didn’t try to tell them.”

“The Titans have been running the galaxy for the last 500 years. We can’t let them take control of Earth,” Sam said.

“No, we have to.” He turned his back to me. “We’ll figure out how to avoid or beat these things and then we’ll be able to seed new trees again… I’ve got to.”

"I know full goddamn well what the object is, Miss Elantra! I meant why the situation I am currently addressing was ever allowed to occur! I want to know how some xeno shitheads got within a fucking lightyear of our borders without a SINGULAR bit of warning to our fleets, our colonies or anything within the borders they're basically

“Maybe we could get closer,” she said encouragingly. “Enough to catch a bit of its gravity you know, pull ourselves in or something. Nevermind that’s stupid we would definitely die then.”

"You knew what you were getting, okay?" Shoving past him roughly, she climbed back into the suv as he walked around to drive.

"I couldn't tell you how long we were waiting for everyone else to get in place. Obviously another power comes into be when you're hanging on and you know what the alternative is of you letting go and not having other people to help you."

After saying that Antanas bowed to the Queen and the Princess and left the room followed by Steponas.

                "To be honest I don't know maybe if we do everything they say we may be able to survive this."

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.