Everybody has heard the term fake news at some point in their life. It is important for each individual to do their own research to decide whether or not something they see or watch is true or not. When someone is trying to create a fake news story they can have many reasons for wanting to do such a thing. A person could be trying to make some money or want to try to convince people to vote a certain way or change their mindset on certain issues so they try to sound as convincing as possible. There is a “technological ease of copying, pasting, clicking and sharing content online has helped these types of articles to proliferate.” https://guides.lib.umich.edu/fakenews
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