After president Donald Trump had been elected to office, many
argue, including Donald Trump himself, that fake news played a tremendous part
on the outcome of the election. Yellow
journalism (also known as fake news), which is defined as journalism/news that
is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration, was becoming extremely
popular and was used mainly to capture the people’s attention and to make them
feel some type of way on a certain topic.
Why would these publishers lie and create fake stories? The answer is easy. It’s because they make
money off the people who read it!
Paris Wade and Ben Goldman are a perfect example. These two gentlemen are the founders of
Liberty Writers News, and are known for writing fake news articles that exaggerate
or give false information about political and current events in the United
States. According to the two, their “audience
hates Obama and Loves President-elect Donald Trump…”
Wade knows how to spark the interest of the people and
hypothesized that “violence and chaos and aggressive wording is what people are
attracted to.” Wade and Goldman create
articles titled “CAN’T TRUST OBAMA” and “THE TRUTH IS OUT! The Media Doesn’t
Want You To See What Hillary Did After Losing…,” to spark curiosity in their
followers which cause them to click and open they’re articles.
That’s how they get paid!
Many journalists like Wade and Goldman get paid between “$10,000
and $40,000 every month” publishing these exaggerated articles, depending on
their popularity and how many clicks they receive. And just like any other occupation out there, why stop if the financial earnings are beneficial. This is why there is an abundance of yellow journalists out there publishing these distorted articles.
It seems very scandalous but fake news is everywhere on our
social media. Stay alert, and stay away
from these articles so that you are not suckered into believing these false
stories.
CJ! I really enjoyed that title of yours! It really caught my attention... like click-bait does. Speaking of click-bait, I like how you talked about yellow journalist and how much they get paid! I had no idea that they get paid that much a month! Your article was informative but could have been a but more detailed. Good work!
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