“Fake news” has its roots, in the birth of William Randolph Hearst on this day... April 29, 1863.
You know that guy who built at least one castle in California.
Hearst was given the San Francisco Examiner by his father, George, a miner who had become a multi-millionaire and US Senator.
He would later move to New York City and acquire the New York Journal.
As he fought bitter circulation war with Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, the age of yellow journalism was then born.
As defined by Frank Luther Mott as a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines and sensationalized stories.
To Hearst, "News is what people don't want to print. Everything else is advertising."
He became the master of misinformation.
News have been part of society for thousands of years but perhaps "Fake News" has never been more prevalent as today.
As Mark Twain was reported as saying.
"Those who do not read the News are uninformed while those who do are misinformed."
However, true to form there has really never been any actual evidence that he ever said that.
So I will leave you with this suggestion...
Read Everything & Believe Nothing!
Have A Grand April 29th Day!
Nana