Fake news is everywhere, all the time. Whether you choose to believe it or not, you have moat likely been a victim of news sites exaggerating the truth or making it up completely. "Information overload and a general lack of understanding" is typically the reason most fall for the traps. Fake news targets a wide variety of topics ranging from misleading or clickbait titles, to political propaganda. Although some may be more damaging than others, most fake news has one thing in common; excessive exaggeration. If you have been online at all these past couple of weeks you've probaly heard of COVID19, better known as the coronavirus. Rumors have run rampant as news sites blow the details out of proportion causing mass panic worldwide. Sites like CNN include how "the total number of infected worldwide stands at over 76,000," yet fail to mention how the majority of deaths are centered in China where impoverished individuals have little access to good healthcare to help treat the virus. This is just one example out of thousands of how fake news can have detrimental effects.
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