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FAKE NEWS
Today there are new softwares and editing tools that allows us to alter images, audio, and videos. And there are those who are using this to create false news stories that appear real. As these editing tools improve, it will become harder for people to know what's real and what's fake.
by Ray Nelson
Harmless Uses
  • For Entertainment Purposes
  • To Create Cool Remix Videos
Dangerous Uses
  • 1
    To Spread False Information
  • 2
    Influence Peoples Opinions and Views
  • 3
    To Ruins Someone's Reputation
History & Events
1835
1835
The "Great Moon Hoax" The Sun, a New York newspaper, printed a series of articlesabout the supposed discovery of life and even civilization on the Moon.
1898
1898
J.B. Montgomery-M'Govern wrote a column harshly critical of "fake news" in 1898, saying that what characterized "fake news" was sensationalism and "the publication of articles absolutely false, which tend to mislead an ignorant or unsuspecting public.
1903
1903
Alfred Harmsworth started the first modern tabloid newspaper, The Daily Mirror, in London. By 1909 it was selling a million copies per day.
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