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Fake News - Coggle Diagram
Fake News
Media bias
Sensationalism
The use of exciting stories to attract attention, often at the expense of accuracy
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Can sometimes be used as a tool for better storytelling i.e. getting one's point across in an article in a more persuasive manner
Sports journalism
Media bias can be esaily found in sports journalism, often playing off of the PR of big teams
Politics
Media bias plays a big role in politics as well, with many news sources being widely labelled as right or left wing
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Ways to stop it
Warnings, as seen commonly on Instagram and Twitter
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Disinformation
Purposeful & harmful
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Yellow journalism
Newspaper style which uses sensationalism, exaggeration, and emotional appeal in place of facts