In my opinion, we should develop our own opinions, when it comes to judging fake news. Nicholas Glavin and Anne Marie Dooling touch on this point by agreeing that, "critical thinking is our first line of defense," and that we shouldn't have someone policing our sites, preventing spam or fake news. With common sense, we can ask ourselves, "Was that believable? Or was that overreacting." On the top of overreacting, Ryan Chittum slams journalists for saying that they tend to overreact subjects. Making them seem bigger than they actually are. The facts spread like wildfires. There needs to be some transparency about where the sources are coming from. With transparency in one hand, and common sense in the other, we should be able to defeat the battle of fake news.
- Haley Thompkins
I believe that saying is totally true “Don’t believe anything you read on the Internet.” I don’t feel like many people forget about that and end up stating their own opinions on fake subjects and stirring up arguments around something that isn’t real. I also agree that we should be the critics of the news we believe to be fake. Because honestly, people are going to believe what they want anyway so might as well let them.
ReplyDelete-Emma Reyna