How Fake News Goes Viral.

Sapna Maheshwari with the New York Times wrote the article, “How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study.”  The case study is about man from Austin, Texas that had only 40 Twitter followers at the time he posted a tweet, that was then “shared at least 16,000 times on Twitter and more than 350,000 times on Facebook,” writes Maheshwari.  Maheshwari goes into detail, tracking the tweet and reveals just how many news sources were negatively impacted.  The man from Austin, later reveals that he would do his best to make sure his facts were true and would work harder at separating fact from one’s own opinions, especially when there is a large audience like that of Twitter. [ 1 image, 1 link, 2 quotations, 117 words]