Different Forms of Fake News

There are a lot of situations related to fake news. In fact, almost everyday we encounter fake news, but the decision whether to believe or not is within us. To avoid being misinformed, here are some of the forms of fake new.

1. Satire

A piece of content obviously intended to amuse readers that can be misinterpreted as fact.

Eample:

Gorilla Channel

2. Misleading content

This is the misuse of information to frame an issue completely differently, which "may have some truth, but makes a false claim or context," Jenkins said.

Example:

Shortly after the election, a misquotation led to this sensational headline: "Ireland is now officially accepting Trump refugees from the U.S." The quote was attributed to an interview with Mary Heanue, a former official of Inishturk, an island off the west coast of Ireland, in The Irish Central.

3. False connection

Content that connects two unrelated things, where a "photo, caption, or headline promoting a story doesn’t actually match up with the content," Jenkins said, differentiating it from click bait.

Example:

"Consider the promotional images you might see on social media or at the bottom of news sites with the headline like ‘Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Dead,’ with a photo of a celebrity that’s alive," Jenkins said. "Of course, then you click through and find that person wasn’t mentioned in the story after all."

4. Imposter

Fake content that purports to come from a real news site

Example:

A person who pretends to be a real estate salesman to try to steal people's money.

5. Manipulated content

Content that presents real information, even imagery and video, but is manipulated in some way to tell a different story.

Example:

Advertising Industry ‘Touches Up’ Images of People •Manipulating Images as War Propaganda

6. Full fabrication

Everything in this type of story is fake and designed with intent to do harm.

Example:

Late last year, a Gateway Pundit story featured unverified claims that women were paid by The Washington Post to make false accusations of sexual assault against then-Senate candidate Roy Moore

7. Whatever the president says

A tool wielded by politicians to denounce stories POTUS doesn’t like

Example:

Republicans generally label stories unfavorable to the president with the epithet, even if it’s factually accurate. Democrats generally hew to the more general term: intentionally misleading or false content.