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“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

Every day, there are American citizens who risk their lives for the sake of their country's safety. Men and women who believe that justice, peace, and equality should be served. However, within their beliefs, some choose to exclude transgender individuals who have the same rights and freedoms. The American society considers the world to be progressively changing and growing, however, seem to forget that in order for the military to survive the 21st century, diversity is crucial. Although the medical

Fake news has been around for many years but the recent elections have brought it under the spotlight. Propaganda, disinformation and fake news are all very similar that they are not true. Each day Americans scroll through social media and read millions of posts and news articles. With most Americans getting their new quickly through social media fake news has become more prevalent. Most Americans believe they can easily spot fake news but research says otherwise stating that most Americans can’t

When it comes to paranoia, the human brain is great at creating stories that heighten what we fear, have experienced, and will experience. We like to scare ourselves, bend the truth, create a monster out of truth. That is the same case with what is being told in The Killer in the Backseat stories. What may have one time been true and a common occurrence has been glorified into something much darker that now subconsciously forces people to often check their back seats anywhere they stop, just in case

great president if elected president, especially how she cares about her country, and knowing that she has an extraordinary background. REFERENCES Evon, D. (2016, August 6). Hillary Clinton: 'We're Going to Raise Taxes on the Middle Class'. In snopes.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016. Kessler, G. (2016, January 7). Hillary Clinton’s claim that she’s the only candidate in either party who would not raise middle-class taxes (and promises to raise incomes). In The Washington Post. Retrieved October

from the death of Michael Brown to the trial of Darren Wilson, the police officer who killed him, to the aftermath after the trial. Although the criminal justice system has a negative connotation associated with its name, the fact-based website, Snopes.com, determines whether the negative reputation against the criminal justice system is true or something that has been exploited by the media. The criminal justice system is a branch of law enforcement that is directly involved in apprehending, prosecuting

The Wise Men Speak (An Analysis on Sailing) William Butler Yeats, was a poet from the Victorian age. Philosophers say that Yeats was one of the greatest poets of all time, “William Butler Yeats is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the 20th century”(Adams). One of Yeats most famous poem was Sailing to Byzantium. In the poem Sailing, Yeats expresses three very important messages. The messages that Yeats expresses in Sailing are, that the soul wants to leave body when it's about time

Madman Manson: Friends with The Devil Don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t curse, don’t kill and you will be accepted by God and relieved to Heaven, the ultimate utopia. Marilyn Manson, America’s devil-worshipping rock star clearly did not get the memo. Known for his most outrageous onstage acts and spiteful philosophies he influenced the tragic Columbine school massacre with his wild, confronting music that preaches drugs, sex, violence and death involving innocent slaughter and suicide. Manson is the

York normally have cabs that line up to transport arriving passengers to their destinations, but on a website called "snopes.com" rumor had it that in the early hours of September 11, 2001, nearly no cabs were available which suggests that Middle Eastern cab drivers had gotten an advanced notice of the attacks and that they should keep away from the area that morning ("Snopes.com: No Taxis at WTC"). This claim of there not being any taxi cabs around The World Trade Center the morning of the attacks

CHAPTER 1: IMAGE, POWER, AND POLITICS I. Content Summary Introduction “Looking is a social practice.” The authors begin Chapter 1 by reminding us that we do not “look” at anything without participating in a practice formed by a variety of factors, including the historical moment, social meaning, and intent of the creator. Practices of looking are also formed by power relationships; even the act of choosing to look or not to look is an act of power. We engage in the practices of looking every