he has put 5 college students in body bags already this morning and more are arriving every minute. This story about marijuana overdoses killing 37 people in Colorado on the first day of pot legalization is a hoax, but thousands are believing the fake news story, malicious deception. The Daily Currant published the story on January 2. It has been liked on Facebook over 11,000 times. The story purportedly cites a report in Rocky Mountain News that said 37 people died on January 1, the first day marijuana
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the readers into the purpose, power and values at work underway and utilization of "authentic fakes" in American popular culture. How “fakes” do “religious work”
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Joseph Levitin the author of “A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age” book, cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer. The main idea is how people using information against everyone and how to think critically to avoid “fake news” around us. In 2016 the Oxfords Dictionary’s Word of the year was post-truth, which means “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief”
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official tomore than 20 years in prison based off of charges of misappropriation of assets, fraud etc. There were several individuals involved in this fraud, making it collaboration. They were also higher up in the company, and had the ability to create fake suppliers. They paid these suppliers, but were actually paying into their own bank accounts. No information was given for motives, or rationalization, however clearly the opportunity was there.The Ivory Coast just sentenced cocoa official tomore
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she sees a person who looks like they are in pain or struggling, she knows that their emotion is true, because a person can not fake pain. She reiterates this point with the next two lines when she says, “Men do not sham Convulsion, / Nor simulate, a Throe—”(3-4). Those lines are saying that a person can not fake convulsions, or reactions to pain, and that they can not fake a throe, which is another type of reaction to pain. Throughout this stanza Dickinson chooses to capitalize
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for those fake data. Obligation: He should keep his ethics, defy Gretzinger and Line instead of join this plot to defraud for keeping his job. Ralph Gretzinger Position: Test Lab Superviosr Activities: Vandivier showed him the irregular test, Gretzinger vowed he would never permit deliberately falsified data or reports to leave his lab. Ideals: Gretzinger vowed he would never permit deliberately falsified data or reports to leave his lab. Obligation: He should not allow fake data or reports
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heard Donald Trump utter the famous word “Fake News.” Whether you are a fan of our new president or not, it seems undeniable that fake news is truly a real occurrence in our society. The article named “Fix the Algorithm” written to for the Daily Aztec, the SDSU school newspaper, attacks this issue by talking about the effects fake news in our world, with a specific concentration around the computer programmed algorithms that are being used to detect this fake news. This analysis will discuss the rhetorical
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Every Halloween, thousands of people flock to haunted houses all across America. Although haunted houses were once something scary and forbidden, today they are quite popular, especially during the fall season. In today's world, there are thousands – if not millions – of haunted houses located across the globe. While the easy access is nice, the scare factor is quickly declining. Those looking for a good fright have to look for it. But do not worry it is still there. In fact, there are several great
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Social Medias Impact on Consumer Behavior With today’s technology the use of social media has taken the world by storm, with millions of people able to rate, review and share opinions on products at the palm of their hands. The high usage of social media sites is creating a new medium for companies to communicate with consumers on a personal level they were not able to years ago. With the usage of smartphones sky rocketing consumers are now able give their “two cents” about products or services
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Agamemnon. The Mask of Agamemnon was a discovery by architect Heinrich Schliemann in Mycenae dated 1876. There have been various discussions in whether or not the mask is a fake. There has been sufficient evidence that supports this. Author Spencer Harrington, William Calder and David Traill examined how the mask of Agamemnon may be a fake, by including an overview of the Mask, questioning the faulty character of Schliemann, and the authenticity of the mask itself. Spencer Harrington author of “Behind
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