Case Study: Hillary Clinton’s Fake News Reputation
Though many of you would think that fake news is the main cause of eruption during the president election in 2016. Clinton is still reminded that fake news is not a new issue, it has been occurring for many years and use bias information to have more fun out of the elections. During this claim that Clinton adopted an alien baby in the 70’s was one of the most reoccurring fake news stories told until recent time. On the Ninth of December in the year of 2016, Hillary Clinton was the center of attention in Washington D.C. As a young gentleman by the name of Edgar Welch believed that Hillary Clinton was responsible for sponsoring a child sex https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fake-news-can-damage-your_b_13513496. To even think at the time the secretary of state would be involved in a situation is just unimaginable. However, Welch found out that the information he received online was fake news from and online news source. When welch began to think the story was true, he took it upon himself to “ go superhero” and try to stop the ring with a weapon in the pizzeria (Huffington Post). Fake news has been around for many years. Most of us tend to know the difference amongst the two sources of news coverage and information that is being falsely given. One of the concepts that many journalists used was how weekly world news and other sources will offer sources that will capture the reader’s attention.
Photo Credits: John P. David
Most of the events in fake news took place around election time. In most campaigns the contestants that are running will put out false information to get a vote from the population. Fake News has been the main problem on the internet in recent years, and many individuals who surf the web either may view and instantly know that it is not true, or will began to assume that the information that is being read is true. During the interview with David began to exclaim that he didn’t pay much attention to fake news until he read about the pizzeria incident that occurred with the rifle. Huffington Post also explains how that fake information is always published by the company and have to go through a process of questions before being released to the media. It seems that when the fake news about Hillary came about it instantly resulted in someone losing their life. David pointed out the fact that his biggest fear was that fake news is more significant and prevalent. Meaning that there need to be more cautious of the news being provided and traditional journalistic practices are not the same with information that is being given. This situation has various sides to what has really happened with Hillary Clinton adopting an alien baby. Also, David stated that fact news is composed to be viewed as a political aspect to be used as a marketing strategy.
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During this fake news topic, the photo is describing a different story from what the article was actually about. David compared Hillary story to the twitter post that her daughter Chelsea Clinton used about how she forgotten her alien sibling from the 90’s. The weekly world news reports that many tabloids were published in the United States about Hillary Clinton in her younger years. The purpose of the fake news is to grab the reader’s attention; this may occur while waiting in line at a store in the checkout line. The cover photo that was released was the headliner that captured Hillary Clinton holding a large alien baby. “Oh, the good old days when fake news was about aliens,” Hillary exclaimed. It is hard to make an image for yourself when running for president. Publishing fake news about the secretary of state, or any type of violation can be devasting. It can cause much damage and destroy an individual reputation and also lead to something that can be violent or even deadly. This incident of Clinton story can be the same as many others. For instance, the Godfather of fake news https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_godfather_of_fake_news. Christopher Blair is the world’s most creative writers of propaganda. He is known for his fake news articles about the Clinton family, the Obama family and many other. He enjoys writing stories that will educate the readers that this world is full of lies. Blair mainly focused on politicians or he will write about gun control. When forming this news, he’ll make up stories about a crime, a law or even a family matter. Once Blair create these stories he sits back in his chair and enjoy the likes and shares that his work receives daily. All of his work that is published is full of the information that is not so true.
The issue that welch is dealing with wanting to play superhero in the pizzeria with a loaded assault rifle was not a smart idea. Many pages have appeared by people that was delivering the fake news about Hillary Clinton being responsible for sex ring in Washington D.C. Buzzfeed reported that letting off shots throughout the business left innocent individuals scared and a few were pronounced dead. Fake news is simply the untold truth of how individuals can make up something so creative that it can grab the public eye. The best choice when finding fake news on the internet is to report it so that it may be taking down immediately. It is as simple as it seems but websites like Facebook and Instagram are being stricter about fake news.The Americans loved our stories and we make money from them,” one faker told the BBC. “Who cares if they are true or false?”Fake news will use news outlets like BCC and PRWeek that will be used as an advertising. Sometime the severity of the news can be illegal allegations like the incident that took place in the pizzeria. With situation like this you should be able to reach out to a lawyer, but there will be a lot of necessary information needed to form a case against fake news.
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