Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Fake News

Throughout the past year or so there has been an overload of news stories, both truth and fiction, but how can you tell what is what? A lot of this is because of the current state of the country and its politics. One side trying to prove that the other is morally or economically wrong. I think it is incredibly important to educate people about the way they receive news. The best way to do that though is a whole different story. I think the game show idea would work pretty well, but I could also see it being something that students decide not to participate in.

One option would be to simply talk to students about how to spot a fake news story, or that social media is not always the most reliable source of information. I think if you are to go with the game show idea, building up to more controversial topics is a good idea. Also, maybe starting out with a game where students guess whether or not a tweet or article title is true of false. That would be a good way to break the ice so to speak. Overall, I think that it is a fairly good idea, but you should be careful to avoid making people feel uncomfortable. If you focus on more than just the presidents very dumb tweets I think the event will go smoothly.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-russia-leaks-fake-news-claims-quote-a7584516.html
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  1. UnknownFebruary 16, 2017 at 7:23 PM

    I agree with you saying they shouldn't be focusing on just the presidents tweets. They need to make sure they expand on the topic and not have blinders tuned to politics. Also we had the same idea of having the audience guess if a headline was fake or not. I really think that should be implemented into the discussion. They could add a cause and effect of what fake news can have and has had as well. Overall this has some good ideas for their event.

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