Fake News Methodologies
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Even though fake news as a concept has existed for millenia, the term has taken a prevalent toll since 2016 with Donald Trump becoming president of the United States, since which the term has been used innumerable times and has become a cultural norm in North American society with enormous implications for the information industry, information and psychological warfare, mass media, journalism and reporting requirements.
One has to wonder how a fake news story is made to look real, and not only to the uneducated reader who has a hard time distinguishing disinformation from information or fact and opinions, but also to the educated reader who often assumes much of his education and enlightenment stems from unadulterated knowledge of current events presented through certain sources. But how often does one ever question the sources of a news agency, let alone the validity of a news story? We tend to see news as a sort of passive information, passive entertainment, and therefore have grown accustomed to absorb any news story from reputable, brand name news agencies as completely factual and unbiased.