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professionals. As a result of the heavy social media usage among the upcoming generation combined with the fact that large quantities of people gather their information from these social media sites, it is imperative that the issue of fake news is addressed. The social media platform is the ideal breeding grounds for fake news since information can be spread with the click of a button with little to no fact checking. The reader must remember that fake news exists solely to provoke a response and if the material

The spread of fake news can be detrimental and life altering without checking the validity of sources and facts before passing on such news to others. Pizzagate was a conspiracy theory that went viral during the 2016 Presidential Election campaign, which alleged there was a child-sex ring taking place and the top Democrats had something to do with it (Pizzagate: A Slice of Fake News). Some believe it all started when John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, had his email account hacked

support Trump and are against Clinton (Moretti and Hanson. 225). These pro-Clinton articles were shared on Facebook 7.6 million times and these pro-Trump articles were shared 30.3 million times (Moretti and Hanson. 225). What makes surprising about this fact is those articles later turned out to be fake news. Before the news about Clinton’s scandals was leaked, there were much less of people who would vote for Trump and much less of fake news criticizing her. Nonetheless, her scandals came out, those fake

Despite the fact that human’s personality and preferences may change over time, philosophers have always sought the answers to how people have the impression that they are the same person. At first, philosophers presumed that people need to have the same body to be the same person. However, Locke proposed that consciousness, which is in this case memory is the key to determine identity. In this paper, I would discuss how memory as the mental states grounds the notion of psychological continuity.

about the city I currently work in and learning about how to make my resume stick out. The second fact that I’ve learned in this course is finding balance in your life so that you can go through the stay focused, during the semester, we had the good discussion about a thing in our life that we enjoy. This all comes down to balance and taking care of ourselves so that we can stay sharp overall. The third fact that I took away from the cause is the process of helping at the veterans in our community; we

Framing The Truth: Analyzing News Stories When presenting news stories, framing is an essential part of telling a factual story. While pure objectivity is impossible, certain techniques journalist acquire can provide for a more unbiased article. Delving into a more specific case study regarding the different aspects of framing, the two articles presented come from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and The Guardian. The topic of both articles concern the cancellation of the UC Berkeley Milo Yiannopoulos

Truth is Real Beauty In the short story by Anna Guest, “Beauty is Truth,” the main character learned that to be beautiful is to be true to who you really are. The same concept applies for the article, “US Beauty queen Victoria Graham doesn't hide her scars,” written by Victoria St. Martin. These two sources have the theme that something beautiful doesn't have to be perfect or pretty, it has to be real and truthful. In the short story, “Beauty is Truth” written by Anna Guest, is about a girl,Jeanie

Truth is the real beauty In the short story by Anna Guest, “Beauty is Truth,” the main character learned that to be beautiful is to be true to who you really are. The same concept applies for the article, “US Beauty queen Victoria Graham doesn't hide her scars,” written by Victoria St. Martin. These two sources have the theme that something beautiful doesn't have to be perfect or pretty, it has to be real and truthful. In the short story, “Beauty is Truth” written by Anna Guest, is about a girl

What do Gertrude, Jupiter and Francis Weed all have in common? What effects do they have on life in Shady Hill? In story of The Country Husband the character’s Gertrude, Jupiter and Francis Weed all reside in a white, middle class, post-war city Shady Hill. These characters all have commonalties which affect them in different ways. Gertrude, Jupiter and Francis are not the typical residents of Shady Hill. They all have disruptive behavior, which effects not only affects their environment but

Is there really a dragon in the garage? The most convincing author was Shermer In “How Thinking Goes Wrong” because of all the facts, logos that he implemented in his article. He backed up all his statements with lengthy factual information that can be proved or be cited. The article did not appeal to any emotion but it was trustworthy because of its factual statements and certainty. The article was organized in topics with explanations and factual information to make the reader trust what was being