FOR HOW LONG?
By Kandase
@Kandae11 (57233)
January 8, 2018 10:42am CST
When I was a child I believed that mews reports on radio and in the newspapers just had to be true - most of them anyway. As I grew older I began to take everything I read - "with a grain of salt". Now with all the focus there is on fake news I can't help wondering how long we have been fed fake news. Back in the day there was no internet and available fact checkers.
These days we can't be sure of the veracity or truthfulness of many of the reports we read and hear - and it doesn't have to be something outrageous either - pretty normal sounding reports can be fake.
So, have you ever been fooled by fake news? How long do you think it has been around?
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21 responses
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
8 Jan 18
fake stories have existed since newspapers were first printed - the 17th century press in England actually accused the Irish of eating babies to encourage war againt them
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
9 Jan 18
@Kandae11 many did sadly, the Irish were very badly treated in that period
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
9 Jan 18
Yes I have been fooled by fake news before and it irritated me, especially since I shared it here thinking it was true.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
10 Jan 18
The news stations (radio and tv) that I listen to seem to report the news and I don't think they report false news. However, some things on the internet are false so we have to check things out if we have any doubts.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
11 Jan 18
@db20747 Yes, there are some news websites that only fabricate news. There are reputable sources and I stick to them for news.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
8 Jan 18
Yes I have. For one when someone reported on an event that was a huge success and how fun it was and I was there and it totally sucked. They were trying to get more people to attend the next month.
You have to look for or listen for keywords too, they say " allegedly" quiet often, to me that means its just hear say and there is no proof.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Jan 18
Fake news has been around from the beginning of print journalism. People forget that over 100 years ago the terms "muckrakers" and "yellow journalism" were created to describe sleezy and false news. In those days, "reporters" were considered "trash" just as actors and actresses.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
9 Jan 18
I guess we have been fooled. I just hope the history we know are 80 percent facts and not 80 percent fake news.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
10 Jan 18
@Kandae11 I've always heard that two to six men, control all the news in the US. They can make the news anything they want. It's really sad, because I just want the truth.
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@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
9 Jan 18
Now anything I hear and read, especially on Facebook, I do my own research first to find out how true it really is. There is so much Fake news going around anymore it is really hard to know. But what bugs me even more is those who swear it is true and make a Big kaboo about it.
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@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
9 Jan 18
I mostly can't trust news on TV or national newspaper. There is always something they are forced to hide.
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
8 Jan 18
It has always been around, but it seems like it is worse today.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Jan 18
I don't believe that most news is fake. We do have some reliable networks that I trust and first among them is National Public Radio.
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