Before attending this event on April 13th, I didn’t read the description of the event and assumed it had something to do with actual war. My uncle was in the Vietnam War so I’m always interested in hearing different perspectives on war from others.
Once the lecture began I quickly found out the lecture was not something I expected it to be. The main purpose of the panel was the discussion of “fake news” and different types of ways fake news can be ignored and avoided. The constant controversy between President Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton during the presidential race and both of their imperfect pasts were brought up as well. Also, the power of trumps twitter account and how he presents a for sure “war on facts” was present in the panel.
It is tough in today’s society with the amount of people reporting and the numerous news channels that can be reported through, to truly know what is real news and fake news. It takes a little bit of effort from the normal individual to do some proper research to find out the truth. This was certainly the case for the email scandal with Hilary because it seemed like there was a different angle on the story every day and was tough to realize what the actual truth was.
The war on facts will continue to be an issue in my opinion especially considering the ways people can report news, continues to expand.