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Israel-Gaza fake news: Tracking the spread of misinformation on the war – live
https://news.yahoo.com/israel-gaza-fake-news-tracking-spread-misinformation-on-the-war-live-104503694.html Joe Biden and the Military Conscription: According to a Facebook video, President Joe Biden has declared plans to restore military conscription. However, according to USA Today, a spokesperson for the Selective Service System indicated that this story was untrue and that there had been no negotiations about returning the draft. This case demonstrates how…
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Israel-Gaza fake news: Tracking the spread of misinformation on the war – live
https://news.yahoo.com/israel-gaza-fake-news-tracking-spread-misinformation-on-the-war-live-104503694.html Misleading TikTok Video of a Shivering Dog: A TikTok video featured a shaking dog refusing to eat, with a message implying that it was the consequence of an Israeli attack on Gaza. Snopes fact-checking discovered that the video first emerged on TikTok without any mention of an Israeli bombing. This instance emphasizes the importance…
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Israel-Gaza fake news: Tracking the spread of misinformation on the war – live
https://news.yahoo.com/israel-gaza-fake-news-tracking-spread-misinformation-on-the-war-live-104503694.html What has been asserted? An account claiming to be an Al Jazeera journalist posted on X (previously known as Twitter) saying they had proof Hamas fired a missile that targeted the Al-Ahli Arab hospital. Factchecked: "The X/ Twitter account @_Faridakhan in question has no connection to Al Jazeera and falsely claimed an affiliation with…
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Climate Change
Instagram- morbidkuriosity Misinformation on social media finds that fake news is believed when it is presented in a context that reinforces rather than challenges others' views. People can believe this because it is not proving anyone wrong, it is just providing an example of what climate change could be doing.
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Ukraine and Russia
tiktok- janehoffman19572 Other sources prove this statement/video wrong which is why there is suspicion. The creator could be biased towards Ukraine and so they are making Russia seem weak.
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Climate Change
Social Media (Tik Tok/ Twitter) Talking on Climate Change https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8BC27Hm/ As we can see from this tik tok, this person is bringing information from one social media (twitter) to another about climate change. It is very easy to pass around information through all the different social media platforms, and with that it starts a trend…
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Kurt Cobain – Unsolved Mysteries
(Bardem, 2014) https://unsolved.com/gallery/kurt-cobain/ This article dives into the death of grunge rockstar Kurt Cobain which shook the world in 1994. Cobain's official cause of death was ruled as a suicide. This ruling was found due to various reasons: 1. Cobain was a known drug user. After his autopsy he was found to have a 'near-lethal…
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UFOLOGIST CLAIMS TO FIND TWO ALIEN CORPSES
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/13/1199251336/mexico-alien-corpses-congress (Peralta, September 13th, 2023) Seeing the title of this, right after the United States government announced the existence of Aliens is bound to send people into shock. This article uses a flashy title to get people’s attention, without ever really saying if these two bodies found really are aliens. If you don’t do any…
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THE MATHEMATICS OF THE INFINITE FLAT EARTH
May 16, 2016, by John Davis https://theflatearthsociety.org/home/index.php/blog/infinite-flat-earth-mathematics The entire article attempts to use "math" to explain how the gravity of the earth proves that it is flat. When, in reality, they are just using pseudoscience that doesn't actually make sense to try to explain their point of view. They just want to use whatever numbers…
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Taylor Swift Grateful Kanye West Controversy Taking Heat Off New Swastika Tattoo
https://www.theonion.com/taylor-swift-grateful-kanye-west-controversy-taking-hea-1825548458 This image uses clickbait to trick viewers into believing that Taylor Swift had a new swastika tattoo on her face. This ties in the concept of emotion because Taylor is very well known and her fanbase and support from many people is incredibly large, so seeing something like this image can be emotional at…
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