Fake News #8

    According to the article that I read . The term yellow journalism came from a popular New York World comic called "Hogan's Alley," which featured a yellow-dressed character named the "the yellow kid. Led by newspaper owners William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer.

    Satire Versus Fake New, Themanatee.net published a story on how the government of New Brunswick cuts funding to Santa Claus.The Dangers of (and Reasons for) Fake News ( "Click-bait" The 18-year-old, who lives in the small Eastern European town of Veles, says he made at least $60,000 in the past six months by posting fake news about the American Election. 

    Fake or real news,  In the first video they asked 7,800 students if they can tell the difference more than 82% of them had a hard time telling the difference. In the second video they had a bunch of fake and real news that was on the internet and ask them to tell the difference. Most of the people had a hard time with telling the difference . ("Don"t Believe Everything You Hear Or See On The Internet")

   Spotting Fake News,  In the videos they just pretty much said to be careful about the fake and real news because you never know. Most of the News story's they talked about was mostly about Donald Trump.

whistleblowers #7

   The whistleblowers article I picked is one on (Vice News Canada), about how Canada made up laws which will protect journalists. Bill S-231 amends the Canada Evidence Act. The new bill allows journalists the right to refuse to disclose information or documents that could identify a source who has requested anonymity.

   

  I think that as people we have the right to know about what our government is doing and the decisions that are being made. Some things also should be left unsaid as well, I think its good that they came up with a law that make it harder to question and investigate journalists about there story's and articles. Half the time they are about things that the RCMP and the POLICE and they are trying to hide them from the public.

   

 I think that its good because it makes it harder for the police and other agents to find out who the whistleblowers are and its important because the public can know what they are trying to hide.  

https://news.vice.com/story/canada-passes-law-to-protect-whistleblowers-and-journalists-confidential-sources