During 2017 President Trump raved on Twitter about “fake news” and the sources that circulate these stories. He tweeted about his upcoming Fake News Awards in which he would rank the news sources that spread the “fake news”. “Subjects [which] will cover Dishonesty & Bad Reporting in various categories from the Fake News Media.” Many popular news sites such as; CNN, The Washington Post, News Week, ABC News, and the New York Times were all listed along with their “fake news” articles that got them a spot on the list. The Fake News Awards come after President Trump had a tough year fighting all of the biased media, false claims, accusatory statements, and negative news that swarms the media. Once all the fake news sources/stories had been listed, there was a list of all the accomplishments that President Trump has made since becoming POTUS.

How to ban fake news?

Fake news has been a big problem for all countries for such a long time, but has Malaysia found a way to stop it? Although Malaysia does not have a huge problem with fake news, "Malaysia has passed a law criminalizing it, with a penalty of up to six years in jail" (Head, 2018). Any information run by the government and not verified by the Malaysian government is considered "fake news." Only problem I see with this is that if the government doesn't want something to get out to the people, they can claim it to be fake. Hmm I don't know about that..

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43637744

Statistics!

I was researching some statistics about fake news and after reading these, I have to share. They are going to blow your mind.
It is said that when getting on Facebook or Twitter, the user spots fake news more than once a day. With that statistic, "A poll conducted by Morning Consult for the Alliance in September found that 41 percent of people turn to their social media feeds for the news" (Peters, 2017). That doesn't make sense if you ask me! The last statistic I found that was so crazy to me was that only 16 percent of people sharing fake news were aware that it was indeed fake news!

https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/fake-news-concern/