Fake news spreaders trigger tension
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/fake-news-spreaders-trigger-tension/article37154630.ece
GARY KROEGER: Fake news is crazy like a Fox
https://wcfcourier.com/opinion/columnists/gary-kroeger-fake-news-is-crazy-like-a-fox/article_2fffe4b7-4b4e-5555-8da9-351e2cae0871.html
Political culture on the internet is promoting fake news — let's regulate it | Chamberlain
https://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/10/13/political-culture-internet-promoting-fake-news-lets-regulate-chamberlain/8436245002/
The three articles above all share the common basis of fake news but let's talk about why one is better than the other First let us talk about the first article and how it could be good or bad. The first one is pretty short and explained that there are people on the internet using social media to circulate false information. A quote I took from the article says this "a template was created posting baseless news that authorities seized huge sums of money from BJP candidate Eatala Rajender using the logo of a TV news channel" this is just an example of the fake news that is going around. But this is the only thing it says and I can say that it doesn't give a good base of fake news so this is a good article to be aware of but not a good one to keep in mind. Now let's move on to the second article which talks about fake news and fox. From my point of view, it tells truth about fox and how it will twist an image and spread false information. Fox News is known for doing this and that they are not as reliable as some may think. Putting my bias aside the person who made this says the same thing and gives an example of what they could do. My personal opinion on fox is that is not a good network but for this article, it does seem like it is biased so I think I would put this at the bottom of the list. The next article is decently long and you guessed it, it talks about fake news. A quick summary of the article is a quote I pulled from it and it is "Massachusetts Institute of Technology, found that fake news was primarily spread by retweets from users, not bots, that would share the misinformation because it was novel or controversial." I feel like this sums it up because it basically says that fake info gets shared because it is controversial. This article is clear and consistent on the theme of fake news and I think that this article is the best for learning about fake ones since it kind of dives down into the fake news topic. It talks about how fake news gets thrown around and how the internet is a public space which I feel like it a great part of the article.
In my opinion, the assignment is to get us to further our skills and learn more on how to detect crap detention. and the question would be How can we learn and how to use the art of crap detention techniques we learned in last weeks lesson.
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Your statement had precision when you said, "I feel like this sums it up because it basically says that fake info gets shared because it is controversial." I agree 100% with this statement, most people try to explain away why fake news gets spread so much and how bots are sending out fake news, when really, it's just people who take news articles at face value without doing any further research.
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