Fake news - a phrase that is frequently emblazoned in the headlines. Scandals, false alarms, and of course, Donald Trump’s “fake news awards”. Clearly, fake news plays a huge part in American politics. But what many Singaporeans fail to realise is that fake news is also a pertinent, pervasive, pernicious and perennial problem in Singapore, and it is a problem that needs a solution. We define fake news as false stories that appear to be legitimate and are usually fabricated for political or financial
The uncovering of the recent phenomenon - fake news - has caught the attention of many governments and organisations across the globe. Fake news is either news, stories or hoaxes that are created to spread misinformation with the sole purpose of deceiving readers in order to accomplish the author 's agenda (Hunt, 2016). The perpetuation of this fake news problem has created anxiety among politicians in free democratic societies. One example of fake news is in Canada where Nick Kouvalis, who was helping
Jack Mahler Mrs. Davis English 2 3/5/18 Fake News Imagine a world in which anyone can can access information instantaneously, now imagine that the people in this world that supply the information decide to use this power to spread lies faster than ever, now stop imagining because this world is actually our own. Now that the internet is more accessible than ever people are taking advantage of it to further their own agendas. A very recent example of this is pizzagate, a story about how a little
number of fake news were produced and two candidates defamed each other about that. Many misinformation was created by fake news sites but quickly shared through social media outlets. Fake news emerged as one of the big issues and the term is become popular from that time on. Donald trump, he is often mentioned in fake news, and he often used the term fake news as well. Actually, he mentioned fake news more than 153 times in 2017. Last year, he said in an interview, “The media is fake. The media
I shut my eyes. But my ears hurt. I locked myself in my room yet their shadows hunted me. “Monster! Monster! The Queen of hideous creature rules the school!” Everybody dreams to be as skinny as Asian Next Top Model’s contestants, as flawless as Korean celebrity and as perfect as Beyonce’s curves. But in reality, we are born with different shapes and looks which become the sole problem to our dissatisfaction. Society has always valued beauty. As children we are taught, without even realizing it