Is it really fake news ...

                                              You're Fake News

  " The FAKE news media (failing @nytimes, @NBSNews, @ABC, @CBC, @CNN)  is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American people."- Donald Trump

         Fake News. What do we make of it? With the election of our most recent president Donald J. Trump it seems as if that term has been thrown about towards opposing viewpoints without any basis. You don't like my policy-FAKE NEWS. It's become a normal word and lost it's actual context, practically developing into a three year old's tantrum argument. For instance, the updating of the death tolls of Hurricane Maria were false. "3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000..."-@realdonaldtrump. He's going against clear cut facts and saying the death toll was fake. That makes his statement the one that's fake news. But if so, why did many people believe him?

       Fake news by definition is the publication of false, inaccurate news under the claims that it's true. This means that the media outlets must be outright lying when compared to the hard facts. If that's what it is, then how come  it's spun so far from it's original definition? During our discussion of filters, one of the puzzle pieces finally clicked into place. The reason people so frequently "confuse" real news for fake news is due to the physiological filter. The physiological filter is a problem that distorts the decoding of a message because of your disagreement of it.Those who falsely claim fake news may actually be under the impression that it is "fake" just because it goes against their personal beliefs.

      So back to the reason many believed Trumps conspiracy that the new death tolls were faked. Simple, it's because they held strong regard for Trump and the values he put forward in his campaign. Due to their blind belief, they'll automatically go against anything that contradicts Trump. Physiologically, they personalize media to paint the image of all news that doesn't match their ideal painting as "fake news". Yes there are cases of actual fake news and the physiological filter is not the only cause for it: however, next time you read a article and disregard it as fake news, be sure to first consider how you may be over projecting your thoughts to avoid sub-conscience bias.