Monday, February 12, 2018

What's the Pope's stance on fake news?


During World Communication Day, Pope Francis commented on his opinion regarding fake news and the message it conveys to the audience. He believes that spreading false information is a "sign of intolerant and hypersensitive attitudes, and leads only to the spread of arrogance and hatred." It's quite obvious that he was trying to send the message to Donald Trump. In the Pope's speech, he recalled that the first fake news came from the book of Genesis when the serpent lied to the women. Nowadays social media and news outlets tend to facilitate the rapid spread of misinformation. The problem here is that people have a hard time distinguishing what's considered real. [1image, 1 link, 1 quotation, 111 words] https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/world/pope-condemns-fake-news/index.html


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