the accessibility of media manipulation technology has created an environment where pseudo events, half-truths, and outright fabrications thrive
The accessibility of media manipulation technology is what is really alarming. Technology is so far advanced - that the fact that just anyone can easily alter information and willingly spread it is worrisome to say the least.
there’s no way to have biased human editors if there are no humans.
This is not entirely true because the humans who create these "non human editors" can program bias into them.
And while Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg famously called the idea that fake news could have had an impact on the election “crazy,” he has since recanted.
I am of course not surprised that he recanted. For someone who is the CEO of a tech company is quite alarming that he didn't take the affects/impacts of fake news seriously.
fake accounts using social platforms to spread highly polarizing propaganda (with plenty of memes drawn from homegrown American hyperpartisan media).
I have noticed that many platforms that mainly include false/misinformation include plenty of memes.
Put more simply, the product is dirt — four-and-a-half ounces of it, sealed in a sleek black plastic baggie and sold for $110 plus shipping.
Dirt sold for $110? Interested in reading further to find out what misinformation caused this to be such a profitable product. What makes it "worth" this price?
being under that microscope has given me insight into how wrong a media narrative can be, how easy it is for all of us to consume other people’s lives as if they were mere content to fill up our Twitter feeds.
This is a very strong statement. The media can easily make its own narrative on any topic, and it will spread like wild fire. She was unfortunately the victim in this instance and her life will forever be changed because of it.
The most intimate details of my life, from my sexual history to my thoughts of death and suicide in prison, were taken from my private diary and leaked to journalists.
Amanda Knox expresses the lack of control she has over her own self and public identity since she was wrongfully blamed. I did not have initial thoughts on her as I was never aware of this story. Now, I can't help but feel bad for her. She did not deserve this type of treatment from the media or the public.
All over the world, people believed they knew me, a warped assumption that turned me into a monster to some and a saint to others. I felt like I was always standing behind that cardboard cutout, Foxy Knoxy, saying, Hey, back here, the real me! Even most of the strangers who offered kindness and support didn’t truly see me. They loved her.
I had never heard of Amanda Knox's story prior to reading this article through this course. This is a horrible tragedy that really took a huge toll on this innocent girls life. I know that our legal system does use the innocent until proven guilty measure, but something had to have been off with the Italian court and authorities. The threats she received contributed to the horror and sadness that she wrongfully was dealing with as an innocent individual who was just studying abroad.
then I became the main event for eight long years.
How did this wrongful conviction last an entire 8 years?
I am the American girl in that story, and if the Italian authorities had been more competent, I would have been nothing more than a footnote in a tragic story.
This statement made me question if the Italian authorities blamed her strictly because she is American.
Most recently, there is the film Stillwater, directed by Tom McCarthy and starring Matt Damon and Abigail Breslin, which was, in McCarthy’s words, “directly inspired by the Amanda Knox saga.” How did we get here?
Did she not have any say or give any type of consent for this movie to be produced? Is that even legal?
Does my name belong to me? Does my face? What about my life? My story? Why is my name used to refer to events I had no hand in?
Amanda Knox was wrongly accused and starts this article by questioning if her physical body belongs to her. The media has made her question her own rights as a human.