Fake news is sometimes hard to see, but it is always there lurking. On a day to day basis we scroll through different news outlets to find the same story being told many other ways. Moments after Kobe Bryants’ death, it was said that Rick Fox was aboard the helicopter as well. This false news led his friends and family to worry and rush his phone. I understand reporters gotta do their job, but it seems like they jump on to anything moving without looking both ways. Multiple news outlets like,
Arrow Exterminators, had to specify, “Rick Fox was not a passenger in [the] helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant” (Villarreal 1). Things can always be fabricated, it’s just useful to know how to weed out the truth with research.
Villarreal, Crystal. “Rick Fox Was Not a Passenger in Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant.” Ajc, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 26 Jan. 2020, www.ajc.com/events/sports/basketball/rick-fox-was-not-passenger-helicopter-crash-that-killed-kobe-bryant/2cNF8HpiBYRT4dK5Sbu9HN/.
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