Thread: Why do people make fake news?

There is no reason to create fake news. It is dangerous because people have little news literacy. They don't bother to look beyond the headlines or to fact check. They blindly believe and propagate the information. Creating fake news also makes people skeptical of legitimate, professional news outlets staffed by trained journalists. In other words, leave news reporting to the pros…

I remember back in 2017 there was a lot of discussion about Scott Cooper photography. Scott J Cooper Miami Beach - you can watch it here. It was the usual photo that his friends took and posted on the Internet. Internet pranksters saw something funny in it, but in fact this photo was just taken from a bad angle. I believe that all the insults that were addressed to Scott are unfair, because each of us has such unsuccessful photos.