Journal Entry #8

     The photo of the plants at a quick look may look real, but the information about the causes of  the mutation are very limited. The picture could be real but to prove weather it is or not you would have to look up sources, but in this case there are no other sources that talk about the flower. The fact that there is limited information about the flowers make me think that it is fake news and people used photo-shop to make online viewers think that it is real.


     "Yellow Journalism" started in the popular New York World comic strip, there was a child dressed in yellow that was known as the "yellow kid". The other paper in New York was the New York Journal, the papers were rivals. The New York Journal then also started writing comics about a "yellow kid" and that started a competition of the "Yellow kids". This is what started "Yellow Journalism". Fake news is dangerous because people believe everything they read on the internet or anything they are told. After watching some videos I have learned that fake news has to sound real for people to believe it. 

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