Maren de Klerk
PUBLIC BIAS FUELLED BY FAKE NEWS – A SAD MODERN DAY REALITY
People tend to fall prey to one of the many cognitive biases that skew our ability to observe the world objectively. This is commonly...
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Maren de Klerk
- Oct 18, 2021
- 4 min
It’s time
This morning I woke up to something somewhat puzzling – a front page newspaper article about my own personal blog where I simply share...
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Maren de Klerk
- Sep 22, 2021
- 13 min
MAINSTREAM MEDIA DISSEMINATION OF FAKE NEWS – CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
A real life account of fake news published by mainstream media and its ramifications, both legal and personal.
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Maren de Klerk
- Sep 18, 2021
- 14 min
MAINSTREAM MEDIA DISSEMINATION OF FAKE NEWS : CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES – A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
BACKGROUND “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained...
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Maren de Klerk
- Sep 1, 2021
- 1 min
THE DANGER OF POOR FACT CHECKING BY JOURNALISTS
Journalists are generally not required to disclose their source. They only have to take reasonable steps to verify their story, and...
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