Fakes News Fact or Faux

 For this post I went with something that I saw on twitter. I saw a tweet about how Ted Cruz had made a comment saying Dr. Faci should be prosecuted because he is spreading faulty science and finding. After a quick google search I was able to find a TON of article breaking down the details of what provoked this comment. There is a clear bias argument from both parties because Ted Cruz is strictly republican and has always had a more strict way of looking at this. Dr. Faci is clearly more liberal with his ideas and is the chief medical advisor for Biden. A lot of people sided with Ted Cruz on this specific instance agreeing with him. However, Dr. Faci laughed it off and recalled a certain date. Ted Cruz had accused Dr. Faci of stuff like this before and they launched an investigation upon whether his findings were fraudulent. Everyone checked out yet Ted Cruz still continues to not let it go. 

 Hi everyone! For this weeks blog entry I chose one that I think has a lot to do with the theme of my blog despite not dealing necessarily with American politics. I stumbled upon an article published in time about how “fake news” is becoming a huge negative part of the Honduras election process. I think this is fitting for the theme of my blog as well as can be related back to American politics. The article talked about how there was a small specific group of people that had been paid to endorse and create publicity for one candidate running for office. These people were spreading misinformation and did not care how fake it was as long as it painted the candidate in a better and more likeable way. This is very similar to our most recent election in 2020 where social media and mass media in general played a HUGE role in the way things were conducted. I remember for closely leading up to Election Day my social media was flooding with statistics, facts, and information that often conf...