Does Fake News Mislead the Public?

The readings on this topic focused on the political campaigns from 2004 and compared late-night humorous news to traditional news. From then, the audience of the two types of news were surveyed to gage how much information regarding the campaigns they actually knew.

Neither the yes argument nor the no argument really discussed whether or not the fake news was misleading. The two focused instead on concrete facts, how much was being retained by the audience.

In my opinion, any press that any current event is given will help the general population become familiar with the topic. From then on, it is up to the individual to decide whether or not they want to attain more correct and insightful information regarding the topic.

As far as whether or not certain shows are misleading seems a little vague to me. What exactly are they misleading about? Besides, I'm pretty sure that we all know we can't take what is on television completely for granted. Had I been the author, I would have taken a completely different approach all together. I found it strange that they focused on a political campaign. I instead would have focused on a news show that follows pop culture and reality TV stars, like The Soup or Tosh.O. Granted, these shows probably weren't out when the book was published, but I personally feel like they are the culprits for misleading people, especially are younger generations, in regards to the values that we live by.