Sammy Paskvan Professor Mary Hay Rhetoric 102 22 January 2019 Fake News’ Negative Impact on Our Society

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Sammy Paskvan Professor Mary Hay Rhetoric 102 22 January 2019 Fake News’ Negative Impact on our Society While reading the articles assigned for the week about fake news, I found it enlightening to see how many people fall for these hoax articles. According to the Wikipedia article, they define the definition of fake news and list websites that act as if they are the real deal. An example of this is, “Most fake news websites target readers by impersonating or pretending to be real news organizations, such as NBCNews.com.co, which can lead to legitimate news organizations further spreading their message” (Wikipedia). As a reader, this does look like a legitimate website, and that is the first step in convincing the reader that this is a credible source. The political event they used as a prime example, is focusing on the political candidates Hilary Clinton, and Donald Trump during the 2016 election. These websites would create false claims based on this event, and sadly most humans will fall for whatever is posted on the internet. The New York Times article was showing examples of the satire from Borowitz Report. After examining the different articles that were on this website, I can see how people would believe that these were credible sources. I say this because half of the issue were the titles. They are captivating to the reader and grab their attention because of how intriguing they sound. At this point the reader isn’t capable of being aware to the issue that these stories could be fiction. I specifically read the “Trump Offers Pelosi $130,000 to Keep Quiet” article by Andy Borowitz, and his article did look like a legitimate article. I would've been fooled myself if I wasn't educated on how people or organizations use their resources to make their published articles look realistic. Lastly, after exploring the Snopes.com and how their fact check works, I think it is a reliable way to see if an article, or news, is true or false. I read a couple fake news articles and this website thoroughly explains how and why an article is false or not. I think that here should be more cites like these out there, or to be more known to the public before we believe the first thing we see. One article I read which was, “Is Kamala Harris Not Eligible to Serve as U.S. President?” shows that it is a false article and shows the organ of where this information came from, and the background information was from a tweet that was tweeted by Jacob Wohl. Twitter clearly isn’t a reliable source for information because anyone can say anything on social media. Overall, these authors know how to hoax the public by creating a connection that emotionally appeals to them in a way that does make sense. Even if their source for the article isn’t reliable, that is the art of manipulating people in a way to make them believe their article. .

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