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Kevin Cheng

Professor Colombo

UWRT 1104-007

12 February 2017

What is the Effect of Fake News and How Should It Be Contained?

Bohn, Kevin, Daniel Allman, and Greg Clark. "Gun-brandishing man sought to investigate fake

news story site, police say." CNN. Cable News Network, 5 Dec. 2016.

This article talks about how a man bought an assault rifle into a pizzeria, in attempt to
break up a sex ring. He was arrested peacefully and no one was hurt. It was later
determined that he acted on a fake article.

Garett, Sloane. "INSIDE THE PLAN TO COMBAT FAKE NEWS." (2016). Academic Search

Complete.

This article talks about how fake news used Facebook to spread, and how the
advertisements generated money for both the writer and company. It also states that
Facebook has been removing fake news content.

Glaser, April. "Apple CEO Tim Cook says fake news is killing peoples minds and tech needs

to launch a counterattack." Recode, 12 Feb. 2017.

This article talks about what the CEO of Apple thinks about fake news. He is also calling
for an anti-fake news campaign.

Higgins, Andrew, Mike McIntire, and Gabriel Dance. "Websites Hit A Gold Mine In Fake

News." (2016). Academic Search Complete.

This article talks about how a foreign computer science student made money writing fake
articles during the 2016 Presidential Race. The student stated that anti-Clinton articles
were more popular, thus drawing more people and money.
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Holan, Angie Drobnic. "PolitiFact's 2016 Lie of the Year: Fake News." PolitiFact. 13 Dec. 2016.

This article reviews all fake news related events in 2016. It was most notable during the
2016 Presidential Race between candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

"United States: Don't Worry. It's Only Little Brother; Fake News." The Economist;

London 374.8418 (2005). ArticleFirst.

This article questions if governments should be allowed to broadcast its own news. It
uses an example from when the United States had spread fake news in 2004.

Wakabayashi, Daisuke, and Mike Issac. "In Race Against Fake News, Google and Facebook

Stroll to the Starting Line." Nytimes. New York Times, 25 Jan. 2017.

This article is about how Google and Facebook have experienced a surge in fake news.
Both these companies have taken measures to delete and ban fake news and their sources.

Westcott, Ben. "Duped by fake news story, Pakistani minister threatens nuclear war with

Israel." CNN. Cable News Network, 26 Dec. 2016.

This article is about how the Pakistani Defense Minister threated nuclear war with Israel,
after reading news that Israel will act against Pakistan. No one was harmed, despite the
threats of war.