No Loss of Life in Titanic Sinking

Image result for fake newsFake news is everywhere. Ranging from songs we listen to to news stations. Fake news is all over the internet. Fake news is meant to mislead people into thinking that something untrue is real. Many websites create fake news so that they can gather a lot of attention and people would be interested to see more. What they might see after clicking into the websites is a lot of pop-up ads everywhere. Some of these websites also contain viruses that could be installed in your computer without your knowledge. these virus could take your personal information such as passwords and bank account details. This just shows that fake news is created for publicity and to make more money.

Back in 2016, fake news and false posts were posted just to help Donald Trump win the election. Many websites we visit have articles linked that are titled "Will Simba be a vegan in in the 'Lion King' remake?" and when you click to read more about the topic, it doesn't even surprise you nor are they interesting to read. We should be more careful when it comes to using information from credible sites.

There are many ways to identify fake news. One way that my fellow colleagues, Janssen suggested that is by referring to other places where they talk about the same topic and come to a similar conclusion. Another way is by reading through the whole article to see if it matches the title. Sometimes the article and the title might match, but we have to think to ourselves "Is this a joke or does it convey and important message?" It is also really important to check when this article was posted so that we could compare it to other posts talking about the same topic. Referring to the 'About Us' page can also guide us to realizing if it is a fake news. An easier way to find if a news article is real, consult with a librarian or check on a fact-checking website.

No Lives Lost On The Titanic is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list 12 Historical Headlines That Could Not Have Been More Wrong
https://www.ranker.com/list/wrong-newspaper-headlines/brian-gilmore 
I recently saw a picture of a newspaper back from the 1990s titled "Titanic sinking; no lives lost". I thought to myself how cruel this world is, and how dumb people were to believe that because imagine a ship that could hold more than 3500 people sinking and had no casualties?

There are many ways government are taking action against this this issue. There is a new website that was launched in Nigeria by their government called the "Crosscheck Nigeria" that helps journalists find misleading websites about the upcoming elections in 2019. This shows how important it is realize whether the article is credible source or not and to realize if it is actually a fake news.

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