News Sources
This Vegetable-named paper is satire and is famous for such headlines as "Study Reveals: Babies are Stupid" and "Drugs Win Drug War"
What is the Onion?
This event in the capitol caused immense political discourse after rioters invaded. Their motive was to protest of the defeat of President Donald Trump, insighted initially by him on Twitter.
This famous rap artist turned Anti-Semite went on national television supporting the ideas of Hitler. He is quoted by saying "I am going death con 3 [on the Jews]"
Who is Kanye West?
This famous talk show host gained popularity for her large personality and openness about her homosexuality. Her show was later cancelled due to allegations of workplace harassment and sensationalism towards current events.
Who is Ellen DeGeneres?
This type of media is classified by its joking approach to real world situations
What is satire?
This news source is one of the most popular when referring to Fake News (At least from a liberal viewpoint). Previously hosted by Tucker Carlson, this platform was used to almost exclusively support the actions of President Donald Trump
What is Fox News?
This virus was widely undermined by the public in 2020-2021 based on media claims that it was not as harmful as it actually was.
What is COVID-19?
This former United States president was labeled by the media as a follower of Islam and a non-United Sates resident, despite his residence in both Chicago and Hawaii
Who is Barack Obama?
This famous voice was responsible for the mass hysteria of the "War of The Worlds" panic in 1938. The main character in the film Citizen Kane is also played by this person.
Who is Orson Wells?
This type of media attempts coerce a viewer by playing on their national identity or their fear
What is propaganda?
Jim Acosta and Wolf Blitzer are two of the leads of this Liberal news source. It's logo looks like a red neon sign.
This Anti-Communist movement spearheaded by senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950's was used to create mass hysteria against suspected communists. This is also named after a color.
What was the Red Scare?
This movement created by Theodor Herzel, has been adapted into imperialist Israeli policy to protect the interests of the Jewish State.
What is Zionism?
This series of games follows the post apocalyptic world after a Nuclear war ensued. Based on Cold War America, this series uses propaganda to show the progression of tensions with the Soviets and the Chinese.
What is Fallout?
This term has been used recently to classify the phenomenon of convincing someone to believe something by pretending it is commonplace.
What is gaslighting?
This Alt-Right show was made popular by Alex Jones, the larger than life host who is famous for his conspiracy on "Gay Frogs"
What is Info Wars?
The sinking of this ship in South America led to the Spanish American War. It was later found to have been caused by internal error and not any attacks by the Spanish.
The media of the late 1800s portrayed these laws in a positive light for keeping public spaces "Separate but equal" and dividing black spaces and white spaces
What were Jim Crowe Laws?
This Grand Theft Auto 5 news station is named after a rodent, fairly fitting for the bogus nature of the stories it covers.
This type of sensationalized journalism of the late 1800s and early 1900s was classified by its extreme titles and exaggerations for increased sales.
What was Yellow Journalism?
This Comcast-owned media company is an alternate version of a popular liberal news organization. Though it has a similar name, Microsoft is added to the front initial of the stations name
What is MSNBC?
Hydroxychloroquine is the name for this type of drug promoted by Donald Trump during his presidency, though it was found to only be useful for cases of malaria.
What is a false COVID-19 prevention drug?
Adapted by Herbert Spencer, this theory of biology was used to explain class division in the late 1800s. Though it is not made by him, it is named after one of the fathers of evolutionary thought.
What is Social Darwinism?
In the movie, "Nightcrawler," this famous actor played a troubled reporter who staged the gruesome events of his stories to gain a leg up in the media world.
Who is Jake Gyllenhaal?
This type of journalism exposes the ills of society through investigative writing. The most famous example is the novel, "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair where he exposes the poor conditions of the meatpacking industry.
What is muckraking?