In my independent Media course, we discussed the vicious cycle of circulating false information and malicious facts. The best possible example I can give for this current issue in the media is that of Tump administration and a majority of the news presented by Fox News. While accurate news CAN be found by most media outlets and through fact-checking, uninformed public view Fox News and press conferences under the impression that they are being "informed," however, the information presented is anything but.
According to politifact, after fact checking both Fox News and Trump, they have found a majority of the statements made to be "mostly false," "false" or "pants on fire." That being said, if the public refuses to watch any outlet other than these, and chooses to believe the president who also claims that any outlet that speaks an opposing opinion is spewing "fake news," then how can we open the eyes of the public to this vicious cycle? In what ways can we enlighten them and show them the way to the truth and the correct facts, even if the facts are hard to listen to.
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