When I first read the article about some of these "new yellow journalists", I had no idea what yellow journalism was. I have read plenty of newspaper articles and even web articles. I knew something was off with these articles when they seemed so biased and didn't really state the facts. Now I understand the concept after reading Paris Wade and Ben Goldman's article. With fakes news and social media playing such a big role in the world today, people are believing anything that they read. It could be the concept of "you only hear what you to, kind of thing. The majority of people who were commenting on there post were conservatives and you could tell that these two authors were enjoying it. There way of getting more and more to read is their way of feeding their audience.
Today technology is so important to the average person and with phones we can catch the most updated news right on our cell phones. One can go to can.com or even check on Facebook and see the latest news. One of your 1000 friends or followers are probably even talking about it. The thing with yellow journalism is that is can be very biased. Some of the facts that really make a story true are not there. In class we even talked about the difference between the Washington post and Washington times, one being more conservative and the other being more liberal. Yellow journalism even played a big role on our election this year but thats just my opinion. So much fake news was going around that it was hard to believe what was actually real.
Yellow journalism has been around for a long time. This picture above was taken during WW1. The man blindfolded was said to be a spy that was caught. Truthfully is was all set up by a photographer who during the war had taken many photos that were staged. It also was said that he himself was posing as the captured while another person took the photo. The real story behind this photo tells more detail about how long "fake news" has been going on.
The best thing that we can do is to notice real from fake. Its harder then what people may think and with everyone being biased in their own way, it will only get harder. My mind has been made up from the facts that if reporters were doing things like staging fake photos in WW1, then the more advance we get, the more advance these fake reporters get.
Sean,
ReplyDeleteWell, I'd hope that not all people are believing these outrageous texts, but it is scary that so many do (and we all know someone who has fallen for it, haven't we?).
What's can.com?
Ok, so that last image is really interesting. Where did that photo/content come from? A link for readers like me would help extend that conversation. And what I'm gleaning from what you wrote here is that the man in front of the firing squad didn't, in fact, die. I wonder, then--and this could make for a new post or an extension of this one--what's the difference between propaganda and fake news?