Charlie Brown and the Football- this is for j+c

We talked briefly in class about rumors being reported like fact in modern media. It called me back to this video by Vox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlf6VjRIHMw&list=PLJ8cMiYb3G5cghzLdchzalWpQJnhRYZgO&index=4 It is a common problem in modern media that news stations report rumors spouted by politicians without doing any/sufficient research to verify their statements are true. This misleads people, but also gives a false positive for the information reported on. We can't ignore outlandish statements made by politicians, but careful checks are necessary so as not to mislead the public. When rumors and claims are put out as fact, we are more likely to treat them as true even when they are proved false.