#202 | A History of Fake News
English Learning for Curious Minds
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The Future of Fake News
More reputable news organizations are guilty of writing sensational headlines and stories because they know that they will resonate with a certain demographic. The third, debatably most dangerous motivation for creating fake news is to cause trouble and confusion. You will no doubt be familiar with the russian troll farms pumping out fake news articles to try to influence the two thousand 16 and two thousand 20 us Elections. Trust in the media is at an all time low in america, with only forty six per cent saying that they trust the media to tell them the truth. So what is the future of fake news? Is it poised to become more and more of a problem or have we learned how to spot the difference between true
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