The news has received a reputation
of having the power to do harm. False news stories circulate the tabloids,
affecting many people. The one’s most affected by false news are celebrities.
Reporters have pried into the lives of celebrities to try and get every inside
scoop they can, and many times, this leads to false reporting. Imagine your
face plastered on magazine stands on the street, in the stores, and circulating
the Internet. The entire world has access to your personal life. This is bad
enough when people all over the country, and even the world, think they know
your entire life. What makes it worse is when all this news is FALSE.
A visual
rhetoric I am choosing to use is magazine covers such as this. Pictured below
is a magazine with the face of Khloe Kardashian plastered on the front stating “Betrayed
by their men. Cheating Scandals. Khloe kicks Lamar out—he’s living in a hotel!”
A circulating rumor as of late is that Lamar Odum cheated on Khloe Kardashian.
I saw the news and immediately questioned this. Months later this was addressed
on the show “Keeping up with the Kardashians” where all was revealed to be
untrue.
Another
rumor clouding over Khloe Kardashian that put her into the spotlight was that Khloe
was not a Kardashian. Someone decided to make an assumption that Khloe does not
have the same biological father as her sisters and brother. I watched episodes
that addressed this rumor, and saw the effects of it on Khloe. News like this
hurts and is very personal. The rumor not only hurt Khloe, but also her mom
Kris. Once again the rumor was shut down.
When false
news like this gets out and is put into writing, it seems to become real.
People tend to think that because it is printed in magazines that it must be
true. However, that is not the case, and does not make it a credible source.
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