The Pros And Cons Of Fake News On The Internet

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.

Donald Trump is portrayed as a lying, evil individual in the media. Although we may not know the complete and total truth, we are able to identify that he is lying about something. For example, one of the very first things Trump had said to gather the attention of the audience would be about getting rid of all illegal immigrants. Rapidly, people began turning their heads and opening their ears when they finally understood what he was trying to do. “The consistency and emotional appeal

One of the several political issues America faces today is fake news. Any person can go on the news and will see numerous articles stating how President Trump makes accusations that the news is fake (or at least most of it is). In Macbeth, there are Weird Sisters, and they can be compared to fake

Fake new became a popular topic in news regarding politically aligned news channels and outlets. For example, YourNewsWire is an online news outlet based in Los Angeles. Based on this website, Hillary Clinton’s victory in the popular vote was due to voter fraud of 25 million votes (Kosoff). YourNewsWire used evidence of an investigation the NPR, National Public Radio, conducted. Though the article’s claim of voter fraud seemed compelling, as evidence was to support the argument was supple. Yet the evidence was incorrectly used. The NPR was involved in this investigation of voter fraud, but only published the information as Pew Research Center conducted the analysis of credibility. Another piece of falsified data is that the investigation was not conducted as a means to discredit Hillary Clinton’s victory in the popular vote, as the investigation was completed in 2012, prior to Clinton and Trump’s campaign for office. This is only one example of skewed stories and biased articles. The creators of YourNewsWire, Sean Adl-tabatabai and husband, Sinclair Treadway, were politically aligned with Bernie Sanders for the 2016 election (Baum). The reputation that YourNewsWire has created for itself has plummeted. Google no longer supports this website with ad-sponsored money, and other accredited websites, such as Snopes, investigate the validity of news articles such as these and discredit their findings

“I am not going to give you a question. You are fake news.” This is the now infamous response from President Donald Trump during his first press conference since taking office when asked “Sir, can you give us a chance to ask a question?” by CNN reporter Jim Acosta (Johnson, 2017). President Trump’s dismissal of Accosta sparked the colloquial usage of the term “fake news,” a phrase the current president uses to lambaste media sources who report stories that do not present a favorable impression of his presidency. However, true “fake news,” has existed for far longer than Donald Trump’s presidency and includes three main types: satire, biased reporting, and deliberate misinformation. Fake news has grown in quantity and now Americans across the country are expressing concerns about not being able to trust media sources once considered honest and reputable, along with having trouble distinguishing between real and fake news.

On the internet there are hundreds of thousands of different news articles, but not all of them are real. Fake news is a type of hoax or deliberate misinformation that you can find almost anywhere mostly because of social networking platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and News Feed.

The media has always been a widespread river of constantly flowing information. People have counted on the media to give them their news for years. Recently, it’s been coming into question how accurate the news is. With the recent Fake News epidemic, (a surge in news, primarily circulating through social media, using falsities that are being passed off as fact) people have been concerned about the validity of the news they receive daily, and people have been wondering what to do about it. The person with the most influence over the country currently is Donald Trump, and he has chosen to respond by haphazardly accusing reputable news sources of being fake. This puts a strain on the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The First

Donald Trump, a republican running for the presidency of the US, considers himself to be a frank person. Facts, however, contradict what he considers to be himself to be. For example, Trump’s biggest policy leading his campaign is his policy on immigration. He has stated that if he were to become president, he’d build a wall in Mexico. He says Mexico will be funding the building of the wall. His statement is bogus because Pena Nieto, the president of Mexico, tweeted, “At the start of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made it clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall.” Not only has Trump made in genuine claims concerning Mexico’s president, he has made in genuine claims concerning the current US president, Barack Obama. On a myriad of

Donald Trump is genuine, but that begs the question: Genuinely what? Can these two statements be true? 1. He’s genuine. 2. He’s a pathological liar. The answer is — yes. Falsehood is a thing. It can refer to a false statement, but it can likewise refer to a false person. Analogy: I can play the trumpet, but I am also a trumpet player. There is a difference. I play the piano, but I am not much of a piano player. Anyone can walk up to a piano and start hitting notes on it. They can play it. That does not make them a piano player,

The Trump campaign was also the subject of fake news. A viral tweet sent from an election rally claimed that thousands of Trump supporters were chanting racist messages. The tweet read, “I am at a Trump rally in Manhattan, and thousands are chanting ‘We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back’. Disgusting.” This fed into the ongoing story that Trump is racist and anti-Muslim. It was later reported by

Donald Trump known for telling his supporters that he will tell it to you straight, and unlike career politicians, will not engage in lying in order to help his case, but much like the Pardoner he has manipulated the truth in order achieve his goals. For Mr. Trump, he is willing to lie in the interest of getting his supporters to see his point of view as correct. In one instance he tweeted a racially charged picture with murder statistics that have been proved to be pulled from thin air. The picture depicted:

The worst part about Donald Trump’s false claims is that his supporters actually stand by him and say that what he “saw” was correct. The men and women that support all that he does from all over the world actually called in and said that what he

When we watched the BBC: Spaghetti Harvest in Ticino video, I actually believed the video, because it looked real. I knew that spaghetti didn’t grow on trees but I till believed it. I think that people only make fake news to trick people and worry them. When I see news on Instagram or snapchat, I do worry sometimes , only if it is worth worrying about. In my opinion, people making fake news because they think is funny is unacceptable. Because sharing fake news might be a problem. If the fake news is about a celebrity, anyone famous, or anyone in particular, the news can spread, and end up ruining the persons life. Sometimes I do like reading news on Instagram, whether it's real or fake, because news is always interesting,

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.