Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Real Vs Fake, Opinion Vs Facts



There are many fake news websites out there. With the use of technology in todays society, people can use there cell phones or tablets to go to there favorite news websites. Now there are many good news websites that you could go to and find good news without biased opinions, and have good facts. But there are many fake biased news websites that people can also go to. Readers tend to find there own, which they relate to more. The infographic shows us what one writer believes which news websites go into which area. She has on the left side the more liberal and the right side more conservative.

One of our class readings that i read was very interesting. Everyone Is Biased And There Is No Reality tried to explain to us why many people have there biased opinions. Maybe they were taught that at a young age. Seeing there parents or friends have that way of thinking could be it. The point I'm trying to make is that people tend to follow people with the same beliefs or same way of thinking. Conservatives would probably follow Fox News while A Liberal would follow The Huffington Post. 
I tried to find current news that was from the three different types. I Followed Votero infographic and visited a Liberal Fake News, a Conservative Fake News, and then a mainstream one that has minimum biased opinion.

I visited AddictingInfo.com and right away you could tell that this was a platform for biased fake news. The way they use there words and capitalize the titles of there news is a prime example. You can tell that they highly favor Liberal views. They also use words that try to influence readers with stereotyping and emotions.

Infowars.com was the same way just from a conservative point. They seem to have a lot of news concerning Donald Trump on all the good he is doing. I tried to find one article that had a different view but i couldn't find one. Using words to make things seem much bigger than what it is.

According to the graph CNN was put in the middle for having minimum biased opinions but many believe otherwise. According to New Chart Tries To Break Down Real And Fake News Outlets — How'd It Do? Isaac Saul seems to believe many people thought CNN got a bad rep for being more liberal and supporting Hillary Clinton this election. Also that infowars is just flat out known for conspiracies instead of facts. The problem with fake news is you have to know for yourself what you are reading. The rationale behind this infographic seems that she was literally trying to help people differ between the biased and fake news.

2 comments:

  1. SMC, wasn't that an audio recording (not so much a reading)...the "Everyone is biased" assignment? I do like how you tried to test that class infographic to see if Otero is right with her qualifications. Can you link us to that in paragraph 1 so that other readers would see which infographic you're referring to?
    After your study, did you agree that CNN was pretty "down the middle of the road" reporting-wise? And if one just participates in confirmation bias, how can they know "for themselves" what they are reading is true? I think it takes someone who reads a lot of content on the web from a variety of sources (trustworthy, timely, academic or professional quality) to determine what is probably the "truth" of a situation.

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  2. This blog post was very informational with explaining biased news. It's hard to come across a news website that doesn't have some form of biased to it. I wasn't sure what info graphic you meant in paragraph 1, maybe try linking to it or providing a picture. Also, maybe to lengthen it a little more you could talk more about biased news websites and maybe the reason behind leaning towards liberals or conservatives? Just a thought :). Overall this was a great article! Keep up the good work!

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