Discussion: Fake news and 1984 background

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*I need the discussion to be engaging, compelling, and fun to read. *I will attach videos and articles about fake news so you would understand the topic well. It is really helpful. *I want the 200 words commentary/more to be in one or two paragraphs. *Read the instruction carefully. *Everything needed will be in there attached or written in the instruction. The discussion instruction: *as our last topic for the Media Literacy unit, you will be watching/ listening to different stories in relation to Fake News. *Listen and keep these stories in mind as we enter the unit on George Orwell’s 1984. I will be asking you later to draw connections, if there are any, between the novel and the various aspects of the Media Literacy unit.  *For your discussion, you may choose to write on anything of interest to you in any of the videos you have watched. Be specific in your reference to which report(s) you are referring to. You may refer to more than one report if you like. DO NOT MERELY SUMMARIZE the report- show me your critical thinking skills in your discussion. The reports are a few years old- look at them from a 2020 lens and add whatever relevant critiques you’d like.   *You will also be watching 2 videos to add some background context to your reading of 1984. You may refer to this information in your commentary as well.  *200-word commentary is fine for this one. The articles websites: https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-42752668 https://www.benton.org/headlines/we-tracked-down-fake-news-creator-suburbs-heres-what-we-learned https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/23/503129818/study-finds-students-have-dismaying-inability-to-tell-fake-news-from-real https://www.bbc.com/news/world-42487425