We Fooled You!!!
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By: Colby Hanning Twitter Editor
You got pranked! As the journalism students sat in their class thinking about what they would write for their next article, journalism teacher Timothy Ericksen brought up an excellent idea, pranking the staff and students by putting out fake news stories for April Fools Day. And that’s exactly what the Buhach Times did this week. The class quickly got to work thinking up fake stories that would blow the minds of anyone who read them. They came up with over 20 ideas, choosing only seven to publish. The Buhach Times lead you |
to believe that Buhach Colony would be getting a football stadium, selling fast food, replacing chromebooks with macbooks, cancelling prom, putting all students in intervention, having a pop concert on campus, that Selena Sandoval was drafted to the San Francisco Giants, and students with all the extended lunch stickers would receive a free trip to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Some of the stories that did not make the cut are getting, vending machines, larger locker rooms, that leadership would be cancelled, that dress codes would be changed and that school would start later. None of these are true, but boy did the Buhach Times fool you.
Fake News is a Form of Censorship
Because the Buhach Times is a reliable source you believe what you were reading. Many people, especially students are influenced by what they see online and believe what they are reading without a second glance. Since the beginning of time fake news and false information has been a problem on the internet. Fake news and false information is a form of censorship. With fake and false information the writers are shielding you from the truth.
How to tell if a source is reliable
With so many different sources and so much being posted on the internet how can you always believe what you are reading? How do you know what is and what isn’t a reliable source? There are many things that can help determine if your source is credible. When checking that a source is credible you should look into the author, the publisher, the date published, the website, and the URL. Another thing to check is photos. If you see a compelling photo and have the feeling that it is a false photo you can check it out on google. First take a screenshot of the photo, cropping out everything but the image itself. Then open up Google Images in your browser. Drag the screenshot into the Google Images search field. Google will tell you its best guess as to who or what is pictured and where the image originated. Also, you should always look into multiple different sources to see if the information is the same. If multiple different sources have the same information, it is most likely a credible source.
Fake News is a Form of Censorship
Because the Buhach Times is a reliable source you believe what you were reading. Many people, especially students are influenced by what they see online and believe what they are reading without a second glance. Since the beginning of time fake news and false information has been a problem on the internet. Fake news and false information is a form of censorship. With fake and false information the writers are shielding you from the truth.
How to tell if a source is reliable
With so many different sources and so much being posted on the internet how can you always believe what you are reading? How do you know what is and what isn’t a reliable source? There are many things that can help determine if your source is credible. When checking that a source is credible you should look into the author, the publisher, the date published, the website, and the URL. Another thing to check is photos. If you see a compelling photo and have the feeling that it is a false photo you can check it out on google. First take a screenshot of the photo, cropping out everything but the image itself. Then open up Google Images in your browser. Drag the screenshot into the Google Images search field. Google will tell you its best guess as to who or what is pictured and where the image originated. Also, you should always look into multiple different sources to see if the information is the same. If multiple different sources have the same information, it is most likely a credible source.
