Having a love affair for tabloids and gossip websites, I am constantly checking websites such as tmz.com and mediatakeout.com. Just yesterday while I was on mediatakeout.com I came across this posting.(http://www.mediatakeout.com/2009/36333-fake_news_fox_news_makes_a_mistake____erroneously_reports_that_kanye_west_died_in_a_car_crash.html) Fox News who is deemed as a credible and widely used source for information claimed that rapper Kanye West had died in an car accident. They posted the news on Tuesday, (October 20th) and when I went to check this shocking news yesterday on their website it was already taken down. Many other media sources have used their voice to clearly state that Kanye West has not died. His girlfriend, model Amber Rose, took to Twitter to defend this false report stating, "This 'RIP Kanye West' topic is not funny and it's NOT TRUE!"
Being a big fan of Kanye, I was so angry to read this posting. Seriously, who in their right mind would post something so horrible? When it comes to death, it should not be taken lightly nor be used to create false stories such as this one. Whoever at Fox News decided to post this news is sick and heartless. (No pun intended since Kanye wrote the hit song, "Heartless".) I feel this is a big problem in today's society, with all these sources it's hard to truly know what is the truth and what isn't. I guess we can't believe everything we read.
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Yes, we need to constantly question what is reported to us in the mass media. Not only is the quest to be first in the 24-hour-news market causing shoddy fact-checking, but we as readers/viewers don't do our part either in asking the pertinent questions. btw, I couldn't help laughing when you stated that Fox News was a credible news source.
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