News Unit
What is News? It is a business It is meant to make money It informs the public of current events that are around them and may affect them It provides entertainment Power and Persuasion Influence Education Over 3/4 of the British press is owned by two billionaires Fake News COTTINGLEY FAIRIES: First example of fake news Orson Wells, War of The Worlds The Beast of Bodmin Moor, example of modern fake news Houston Airport Flooding, example of international fake news Boris Johnson, Fake news, His defence was that it wasn't 'technically' lying Fake News, xenophobic people using this as an excuse to be xenophobic