The Long And Brutal History Of Fake News

Internet has led to creation of fake news, which has affected politics in the United States. First, fake news is not a new problem plaguing society; this kind of news has been around before. Anti Semitics used rumors and outlandish claims, fake news, to spread misinformation about Jewish people. A Politico article titles “The Long and Brutal History of Fake News” said this about the spreading of misinformation about the Jews, “Today, historians have catalogued the fake stories of child-murdering, blood-drinking

Fake news is a type of yellow journalism or propaganda that consists of deliberate misinformation or hoaxes spread via traditional print and broadcast news media or online social media. Fake news is written and published with the intent to mislead in order to gain financially or politically, often with sensationalist, exaggerated, or patently false headlines that grab attention. Intentionally misleading and deceptive fake news is different from obvious satire or parody which is intended to humor

To delve into a piece of my family’s immigration history, I had the pleasure of having an in-depth conversation with my cousin Randall Quan, our family’s historian. In our chat, we navigated through the travels of my great-great-grandfather, Quan Wei. The hour-long discussion allowed me to learn about the dire conditions that lead to the Quan’s decision to leave a small village outside of Gau Gong and also about their rich history upon arriving in America. In 1890, the death of Quan Wei’s father

Justin Mariasi 11/21/14 Mrs. Sparks US History Slavery 's impact on America’s economic and social life Slavery in the United States was at the same time both economically beneficial to southern planters and unsustainable due to the industrial revolution and the reliance upon single cash crops. In this document I will explain what forms of slave resistance existed in American society, how and why slavery was beneficial to the United States, how the slaves in the United States were treated and how

these countries still suffered from being under the influence of their colonial leaders for so long. Long-term effects of colonialism are government and ethnic conflict. One long-term effect of colonialism is government has not been working in favor for the people. In Africa, the DRC has a democracy that is unsupportive of the people in its country, and India’s laws still do not protect the Dalits. A second long-term effect of colonialism is ethnic conflict increases, because India now has religious separation

about The Company, they make a plan. A dead man cannot be indicted and also The Company want to pay back Aldo Burrows, so they fake Terrance death and frame Lincoln Burrow, son of Aldo, into doing the bloody act. Consequently, Lincoln is charged with assassination of the vice president's brother, which is considered an act of treason, in other words, he is sentenced to

The middle east is a land stained with the blood of innocence and plagued with instability. Most history books will claim that the instability has been growing since the late 1970’s and some state its stemmed from bad blood between tribes that has been cultivating for thousands of years. But could the foundations on which the house of history stands be built upon grains of sand? Have western nations played a larger part in the rapid growth of conflict in the middle east? “Christianity and western

allies made it look like there were tanks by putting up fake boats and balloons. They also equipped lights in a open field. Pilots in Germany mistaken this for army camps (Martin 11). The day Eisenhower chose for the invasion was June 5,1944. But, because of bad weather the invasion was delayed for about twenty four hours. After twenty four hours Eisenhower said to proceed with the operation overload and thats exactly what they did (“History”). The first part of the attack consisted of paratroopers

The 1920's, or the Roaring Twenties as this epoch is often referred to as, was a major turning point in America history. During this time period many American citizens believed and even acted out of hedonism. This mindset of the general population and along with other dilemmas led to a stunning and rapid increase in the amount of organized crime. The sudden uproar of organized crime during the 1920's was caused mainly by prohibition that gave rise to many street gangs, all with one man at its helm

Civil war is the most consequential and pressing period in the history of America. The war ended and halted centuries of slavery in the country and it also made a great deal of numerous political and social changes. The country was already ripped up and torn up by the negative fad in race relations and a number of cases of slave confusions were taking a toll on the country's political and social structure. While the most common cause of the Civil war is said to be slavery, there were several other