Journalists in the Wild: Gervasio Sanchez

Gervasio Sanchez has been a reporter for 35 years. He currently writes a blog for the Heraldo in Saragossa, Spain. Sánchez is a photographic journalist who mainly reports on armed conflicts. He has published multiple photographic journals/books. Including a book in 2014 titled Women of Afghanistan, which surrounds topics like “forced and child marriage; the running away; drug dependence; suicide; legal developments and reality; and consequences of impunity and war.” The whole series took place between 2009 and 2014. Sánchez did the series with a woman named Mònica Bernabé.

Sánchez works with the sole Spanish speaking organization in Afghanistan. He splits his time between Afghanistan and Spain.  [2 image, 2 links, 1 quotation, 108 words].

Journalists In The Wild: Chris Terrill

Chris Terrill is a British undercover journalist. His is a one man team film maker as well as author. “This "lone wolf" technique is a hallmark of his work.” He has broken up Orangutan smuggling rings, and infiltrated human trafficking gangs in various places. He also spent some time with the US Marines. This is where his book and film series titled “Commando” comes from. Now 67, he completed his commando training when he was 55. Everything he does, he usually brings a camera along. With this, he is able to tell the truth in a way that words never could. His rhetoric is using film as evidence to show the truth you can see.
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Dying to Tell: A Film

This entire movie was in Spanish, but it had me intrigued from the start. Hernán Zin, the man who filmed the entire series, narrates the movie and adds his own twist to it. Zin does an amazing job at portraying the actuality of what deployments are like. Then the multiple interviews of what reporters and journalists have gone though was an eye opener. Gervasio Sanchez, one of the people interviewed in the film, said that “The day I don't feel that pain inside, get shocked inside, [he] won't go.” Film journalism shows so much more than written journalism can. The consumer is able to take the information with their own eyes, not through the words of someone else. Gervasio Sanchez says it best himself “the only way I can transmit things honestly, powerfully, without flaws, is feeling that pain.”
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Cristiano Ronaldo Rape allegations "Fake News"

Recently, it has come to light that Cristiano Ronaldo, a famous Portuguese soccer player, allegedly raped a woman in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2009. Kathryn Maygora is the woman who claimed these allegations stating that see Ronaldo's face on billboards "cause her severe distress." Ronaldo responded to the allegations hours later stating "'No, no, no, no, no. What they said today, fake—fake news.'" Apparently Maygora signed a non disclosure agreement in 2010 but decided to make it public recently. Maygora's mother intensifies the allegation with apparent quotes from Kathryn calling her in distress whenever a picture of Ronaldo came up.

source: https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/sports/cristiano-ronaldo-dismisses-rape-allegations-as-fake-news


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Red Bull doesn't give you wings

The company Red Bull was sued by Benjamin Careathers for falsely advertising that the energy beverage "gives you wings." An article from The telegraph stated that the companies advertisements were "deceptive and fraudulent and is therefore actionable" when describing why the suit was brought up. Other discoveries proved that the company falsely stated that their product provides more energy than a cup of coffee and therefore can charge a higher price. That proved not to be the case during this class action suit Red Bull had no definitive research to prove their allegations. Red Bull agreed to play the settlement in hopes of not bringing the issue that much attention.

source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11155731/13m-lawsuit-proves-Red-Bull-doesnt-give-you-wings.html

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FIFA president Sepp Blatter was found guilty in 2015 of receiving bribes and fixing where future World Cup tournaments will be played. "The Fifa ethics committee said that pair had demonstrated an "abusive execution." The FBI began investigating after Russia was awarded a bid for the 2018 World Cup. Ultimately Sepp Blatter and many others were found guilty of "disloyal payment" and stripped of their titles. Emails from the president of South Africa to Blatter disclosing payments were discovered in the investigation and proved the allegations explained earlier. FIFA now have new representatives and the organization is now motivated to leave this period in the rear view mirror. Improving the beautiful game is now their sole mission.

source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32897066

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Leave it to Twitter

"Fake news and false rumors reach more people" when Twitter bots begin sharing fake news articles on timelines. A study found that this fake news actually "spread much faster than accurate stories." The Twitter bots shared equal amounts of real and fake news, but humans consistently shared the fake news more. This would start with a human sharing because the story meant something to them. That first retweet would be caused by pathos since it's evoking emotion to share it. From their retweet, others count on the trust that someone wouldn't be sharing fake news. That method would be ethos. People don't even realize that they're using such rhetoric techniques on each other with their tweets.  [1 image, 1 link,2 quotes,116 words.]

Got Milk?

Milk has been a hot topic in the world recently. Many activist groups are beginning to boycott cow milk and push people to drink alternatives. Recent lawsuits have slammed the dairy industry for their deceptive assertion stating they treated cows nicely. It was discovered that cows have been treated in an inhumane way and many are enraged by this finding. According to an article by Glynis Farrell Bergner, "Members of the watchdog group also allegedly witnessed farm employees shooting cows and leaving them to die..." (Bergner). This quote provided a hefty allegation against a farm that would prove vital in the case later on. Many young people are beginning to switch to alternatives such as almond milk and soy milk to boycott these farms.

Source: https://www.courthousenews.com/milk-drinkers-blast-producers-claims-of-humane-cow-treatment/

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Wife for camels?

Finding Fake news:

In an age where information gets traded with seemingly no filter at all,

we all need to check our facts more than ever before. Sites like

worldnewsdailyreport.com, despite having a legitimate sounding name,

would like you to click on their sensationalist headlines like

“Saudi Arabia: American tourist arrested for refusing to trade

his wife to a prince for 45 camels”. This website is actually a satirical

news site which publishes a disclaimer reading “[...] WNDR assumes

however all responsibility for the satirical nature of its articles and for

the fictional nature of their content[…]” This doesn’t stop people from

believing in these types of articles, though. As a reader by the name

of Yvan who presumably read the article without reading the disclaimer

said, “and we make business with this sick country!” I think we should

all check out websites likes snopes.com who fact check so you don’t

have to. Here is their take on the Saudi Arabia article.

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TRENDING

News Feed:  News nowadays is received for most people when they’re not even
searching for it. Personally I go on the internet a lot (kinda a huge nerd) and I’ll
see the “trending” page or the “hot” page and click on it because it’s something
that everyone else is interested in. A good example of this is when I went on
Youtube yesterday and I scrolled through my recommended feed and Pewdiepie’s
video on Dr. Disrespect came up which peaked my interest. After it being posted
for only 4 hours it had over 600,000 views. The same thing happens on things like
Reddit as well. I’ll scroll through my feed and I’ll see posts where there will be over
hundreds of comments discussing certain things about what's going on around the
world… whether that's games or politics. Truly, I feel as though all these companies
use every single type of rhetorical choice to get their points across to all of their users.
Posts such as “Ima touch the giant” to “TIL that in the late Classical Era of Greece,
women owned 35% of the land and property in Sparta.”

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a Digital Detox

Journalists in the Wild: journalist Gemma Music travels to Africa in hopes of discovering a new perspective on life, sees that there is more out there than simply what we’re use to. There are many different animals, people, and cultures to experience… and how everyone in some way, shape, or form needs to have a “digital detox” -“Save yourself the tech-frustration and just switch off. Easy. No reception, no problems.”. Gemma uses logos to illustrate her point of view by explaining to her audience why she believes that everyone should try to travel to Africa and experience a life where you’re disconnected from others and just “live”. [1 image, 1 link, 1 quote, 107 words]

https://www.gapyear.com/articles/travel-ideas/why-trip-africa-total-life-changer

Fake News: Who Makes It?

1.      With the rise of social media, there has been a need to address the topic of fake news. Misinformation has always been round, but technology has allowed it to spread much more quickly than ever before. An article on the research website CITS delves into the steps many “fake news” creators take to seem legitimate and draw in users. One of the steps mentioned in the article was for these fake outlets to mimic the style of real news sites, the layout and design of fake news websites are purposely designed to look as much like real news sites as possible.” In a photo on CBS News, a fake news website is exposed. It is a dupe of an ABC news website, but it is evident that if someone were to hastily look through the site, ignoring the inaccurate logo, it could be easily be mistaken for a real news source. In an article posted by NPR, a fake news creator was tracked down and shared with journalists his reasons for creating it. The mastermind behind the fake news was a 40-year-old man, with a family, who wanted to prove a point that people will believe anything nowadays. You never know who will create fake news or whether it is intended to bring awareness to the problem or to create chaos. Either way, misinformation is a problem everyone can combat in their daily lives be learning how to spot fake news and fact check.  [1 image, 2 links, 1 quotation, 245words]

Fake news With A Purpose

Christopher Blair, a publisher of fake news on social media site Facebook wants to show that no everything that is seen on the internet should be trusted, especially social media sites like Facebook. The lack of informed reader's online creates an embarrassingly amount of false perspectives on a topic. Blair states that, "Maybe, after people had been publicly embarrassed, they would think more critically about what they shared online." This is a great idea and one that is not really heard of- using fake news to allow the public to rethink what they believe and what they share on social media.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fake-news-donald-trump-facebook-last-line-of-defense-conservatives-social-media-a8639981.html

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Facebook All About Fake News

Christopher Blair writes fake news about Donald Trump and he is very smart about how he does so. His media outlet is Facebook. Blair knows that there are many different fake news outlets and therefore the perfect audience. "He had launched his new website on Facebook during the 2016 presidential campaign...", planning his debut perfectly. He utilizes Facebook as a leverage tool to influence a majority of politically uninformed readers. Facebook also allows his posts to be shared and spread throughout the community, therefore allowing for more exposure and a more expansive audience. This proves the great influence social media has on people's everyday life.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fake-news-donald-trump-facebook-last-line-of-defense-conservatives-social-media-a8639981.html
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Why Do We Keep Sharing Fake News?

I think we’ve all experienced a time where a friend posted a crazy, but seemingly believable video that captured our attention and we just had to share it with others. But what is it about these videos and other outrageous stories that suck people into sharing them? Washington Post writer Geoffrey Fowler says fake news articles often “employ shots from real news reports to make it seem just credible enough.” This misdirection is an attempt to “invade our online privacy” by using spyware in some cases. The attempts are often successful due to a lack of vetting by social media sites and encouragement from those in our personal networks. Facebook, in particular, is working to identify fake news with machine-learning software but ultimately believes its role is providing context for these articles, not keep people from sharing them. This context shows up as an alert on Facebook that additional information is available. While this is a great concept, the system still struggles to identify all fake news articles. For now, online users need to be vigilant when reposting seemingly outrageous stories and videos. [1 image, 1 link, 2 quotations, 183 words].

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/10/18/i-fell-facebook-fake-news-heres-why-millions-you-did-too/?utm_term=.c4cc70606a10