www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/23/503129818/study-finds-students-have-dismaying-inability-to-tell-fake-news-from-real On this webpage you will find the results of a study taking to see if students can spot fake news from real news. The study involved middle school students, high school students, and it also contained some college students from Stanford University. This is relevant to my topic because it demonstrates just how much fake news play a huge role in today’s society due to the advancements of technology and social media platforms.
www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/7/5/15906382/fake-news-free-speech-facebook-google In this article you will find out how fake news can have a big impact in the world and how it can drive people to do crazy things. This article was based on an event that happen at a pizzeria named Comet Ping Pong in Washington, DC. What had happen was that an armed man walked in and opened fire on the pizzeria because of fake news and conspiracy theories. The reason he opened fire was because people were posting fake news about there being a child sex trafficking ring there.
www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/dec/13/2016-lie-year-fake-news/ This article explains to you exactly what fake news is and it also gives you a couple of examples of fake news posts that have gone viral. It also talks about how fake news played a huge role in the 2016 presidential election. It also talks about why Politifact gave the lie of the year award to fake news. This article shows how fake news can have a huge influence on an audience.
www.factcheck.org/2016/11/how-to-spot-fake-news/ In this article it talks about what different companies are doing to try and crack down on fake news posts on the internet and social media platforms. It also talks about how fake news is not always completely fake news because some fake news posts only give you part of the truth. This article also provides you with steps you can follow to spot fake news.
www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/business/media/how-fake-news-spreads.html This article talks about how a man named Eric Tucker made a twitter post with false information go viral. He had only about 40 followers, but that did not stop his fake news post from getting shared 16,000 times on twitter and more than 350,000 times on Facebook. The thing that he posted was how he saw a ton of buses which were supposedly filled with paid anti-trump protesters lined up by the protest that was taken place in Austin Texas. This article is relevant because it shows how quickly fake news can travel and that anyone can make a fake post seem real.
americanoverlook.com/ On this website, there is a bizarre story of a boy who claim to have lived on mars in a previous life and supposedly offers proof of his existence. His proof was that he lived on mars and saw martians. He has been sharing this story since he was a little boy and at the age of 20 he is still telling the same tales. This site does not have the hard facts that would make his allegations of reincarnation to be true and yet they are still posting it and asking others to share his story.
cap-news.com/ This website tells of a study done by CDC that people who play fantasy sports are “fat and slothful”. There was an article, Tall black men not necessarily good at fantasy basketball, are not healthy and as we would like to think. The article does not give the when, where, what, or who details of the study. There are no supporting documentations to support the study. This relates to my topic because it is misleading its audience.
clashdaily.com/ The clashdaily is a site that mainly consists of political issues. All of which are to distract the readers from the real issues at hand. It is filled with alleged allegations amongst different politicians that may have affected the polls and how we the people voted. It has a lot of misleading information that can easily sway the readers. These articles have also been and shared on social media and gives others a chance to comment and post the negativity.
itmakessenseblog.com/ On this site one can also find different allegations amongst several political candidates. There is an article; Woman says she was offered big money to accuse Roy Moore of misconduct with an 14 year old girl, talks about the allegations made against Alabama Republican candidate Senate Roy Moore. The article also says that a twitter user allegedly accused a Washington Post reporter of offering his wife money to accuse Moore as well. This is an example of how these allegations can impact Moore’s future as a Senate.
thenewyorkevening.com/ This site is more like a gossip blog filled with both fiction and nonfiction information. The articles are mixed with some types of propaganda. They go as far as trying to convince regular and or ordinary people that something is okay to do because a celebrity did it or participated in it. However, they are leaving out certain facts; like that celebrity probably got paid for doing it. This is another example of how fake news can mislead people.