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Why Do People Believe Fake News
Let’s first address what fake news is exactly. It’s nothing new despite the overwhelming spotlight it has been getting in the past couple of years due to social media and viral emails. Fake news is pretty much exactly how it sounds: news that is not real; news that did not happen. It’s also news that is not completely based on facts. As we all know, we want news that is real and based on facts. We want the truth.
Many wonder what’s really out there, in the world. Who’s to say what can and can’t be real. Between aliens and possible creatures in forests or in black lagoons, who really knows? However, I believe that there is a line between what can be real and what is absolute nonsense. An example here would be: Bigfoot. Also, known as Sasquatch.
What exactly is this “Bigfoot”? People have been seeing a “hairy man-like creature that walk on two legs and live in the forests and mountainous areas of North America and around the world” (oregonbigfoot.com). Believers of this “creature” think many possibilities as to what they think it is. An elusive primate, a spiritual being, an alien transplant, or even a shapeshifter (Williams). It’s reasonable to think such things about something you don’t really have credible evidence for. Really, there are only “eyewitness sightings, footprints, recordings, and somatic samples (hair, blood, etc.)” (Radford). Continue reading Post ID 246
