Everyone has come across a Facebook post or Twitter thread which seems so outlandish that no one in the world could possibly believe it. Despite this, someone on the worldwide web believed the article,...
One of the most common misconceptions about journalists is that we shouldn’t have any opinions, that we should be objective about everything we hear. That is correct, but only to an extent. The reality...
The hallway in White Hall Classroom Building was packed with students but Thursday the walls were adorned with click bait headlines, Kim Jong Un and Kylie Jenner.#TrendingTopics: Fake News was put on by...
There has been a lot of discussion in the media and the world of academia about fake news. While this phenomenon is not new it seems to have gained a lot more traction recently, and whether it’s the...
When journalists dig through corruption, when they explore the worst circumstances humans live in, when they run toward the latest bombing or are hit by gunfire in the wake of conflict they are striving...
Some things may have changed when President Donald Trump was sworn in, but his feelings toward and treatment of the press certainly did not.Since the inauguration, Trump has criticized the media just as...
Under a Trump administration repeatedly accusatory of “fake news” backed up by “alternative facts,” UK journalism professors Dr. Mike Farrell and Al Cross broke things down at a campus panel on...
After much criticism that fake news, found on arguably the two most influential sites on the Internet, had an impact on the presidential election, Google and Facebook are taking action.According to a New...
