Laura's Journalism Blog

Fake News I believe the photo about the flower is true because u have actually seen one of this before. Also, I checked it out online on an official site and it stated that the photo could possibly be real. This site said that radiation could be the reason but we are not 100% sure. So, in the end, I think this photo could be true. Yellow Journalism   When the Spanish American Warn happened, it was often called the "media war" because it was the first one. This war happened in the 1980's when journalism sensationalized. This was the first press driven war even though some say a certain guy started the war but the press did have a lot to do with it. Satire News    Satire News is not fake news. Comedy news otherwise known as satire news is when to hear something on TV or any other device and they are making fun of someone like Donald Trump or any other celebrity. This is a form of irony, humor or exaggeration to make fun of something this person said or done.

10 famous/infamous whistleblowers   This article was based on the famous and infamous of all time. These people were known for leaking information (good and bad) about people and organizations that have withheld information about something. These people were also not always the best of people but they got the job done, some of these people were portrayed in movies.  This topic relates to the topic we viewed last week because this is about people leaking information they shouldn't have but did anyways because it was going to help people of the public in the end. Whistleblowing, I believe, is a good thing. I think this because people need to know what is going on in this crazy world. For example, when those soldiers shot those innocent people for no reason and they said it was 'fun'. People would have never known about that situation if that whistleblower did not leak it.  This topic connects to the world of journalism because this helps people. We need people like