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The Critical Review of “Paul is Dead!” (said Fred)
Rumors can spread like wildfire especially when they are accepted by people who are predisposed to believe them. Stories that are not true have a way of slipping under our protective instinct before we think to question their validity. In “Paul is Dead!” (said Fred), Alan Glenn tells of a harmless rumor that got started about Paul McCartney of The Beatles being dead. He explains how easily it began to spread across the nation once Fred Labour got wind of what was being said. He presents this story in the form of an article in an edition of the University of Michigan’s Michigan Today. Freedom of Speech is an essential to keeping rumors alive whether they are true or not, and with Freedom of Speech, most people who spread and believe in these rumors are not punished. This critique of Alan Glenn’s article will show how rumors are widely spread even amongst the pop …show more content…

Speech, Freedom of, the right to express oneself, either orally or in writing, without fear of governmental restraint or retribution.(23Dr). According to Alan Glenn’s article, Fred Labour’s review was not written as a rumor but as if it were fact.(232). Exercising his right to use Freedom of Speech, Fred Labour is able to write the information he had heard anyway he wished, and by doing so he was able to gain the interest of so many people around the world and make them believe or give some type of validation to the rumor that Paul McCartney was dead and that there was a double being used to fool the fans. According to Glenn, Labour began to fabricate information, writing that the group was placing clues in their music and on their album covers to support this rumor. With no retribution, Fred Labour was able to express his beliefs and fuel to the fire making the rumor even more interesting to fans and wanting to know if the rumor was really

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