The Spread of News Like WildFire
We all know how fast news travels through the media in today’s face-paced world. However, the spread of news does not always indicate correct information, more often than you could imagine. Fake or false news spreads faster and comes with a destructive impact on society as a whole.
A study carried out by Vosoughi et al. Seemed to prove that false news spreads faster while the truth takes time and reaches fewer people. The results say a lot about how the spread of today’s news and how it can cause a divide between those who just accept it as truth and those who choose to look a bit deeper.
Truth and lies can cause division among any nation be it America or any other country because many media outlets are either negligent or deliberate, in ensuring whether a piece of news is true or false, all in service of being the first to break the news. That increases the chance of incorrect news reaching the masses and causing an uproar and disagreement leading to disunity.
