This reading selection discusses the occurrence of misinformation in our society today, especially when it comes to information that is found on websites on the internet. These fake websites are not rare, and are compared to counterfeit money, trying to pass its way into society unnoticed so that it can be used the same way as those that are not counterfeit. Also discussed is the fact that the term “misinformation” generally means wrong information. However, it is also common to have websites that share the creator’s opinions, rather than reporting facts that can be proven. In this way, the website attempts to scam the reader into believe that the opinions expressed within the website are actually factual, and should be regarded as facts. In addition, there are also scams that claim that they collect donations for a specified cause, but simply take the money and put it to their own personal uses. According to this article, there are a huge amount of counterfeit websites in existence.
I thought that this article was very interesting. It had a lot of good information, and I found it fun to read. I never realized the prevalence of these fake websites before I read this article. I feel like there was very good content of the article, because the article gave very good examples and occurrences of these websites that provide misinformation. The author definitely knew what he was talking about, because the article came across as well-written, and very well educated regarding the subject. I definitely enjoyed reading this article.
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