Fake Bloggers Quotes

The PEN Freedom to Write Award in 2015, in Zinn’s honor, went to DeRay Mckesson and Johnetta Elzie, Black Lives Matter and Ferguson bloggers and activists. A 2011

College students often ask me why anyone should pay for professional journalism when there are plenty of people out there, like themselves, willing to write blogs for free? One answer is that government and corporations are investing millions of dollars into their professional communications campaigns. We deserve at least a few professionals working full-time to evaluate all this messaging and doing so with some level of expertise in ascertaining the truth. Young people are not alone in their skepticism about the value of professional journalism. A 2010 Gallup Poll showed Americans at an under 25 percent confidence in newspapers and television news—a record low. Pew Research shows faith in traditional news media spiking downward as Internet use spikes upward, and that a full 42 percent believe that news organizations hurt democracy. This is twice the percentage who believed that in the mid-1980s, before the proliferation of the net. As cultural philosopher Jürgen Habermas offered during his acceptance speech of a humanitarian award in 2006, "The price we pay for the growth in egalitarianism offered by the Internet is the decentralized access to unedited stories. In this medium, contributions by intellectuals lose their power to create a focus." To be sure, the rise of citizen journalism brings us information that the mainstream media lacks either the budget for or fortitude to cover. Initial reports of damage during Hurricane Katrina came from bloggers and amateur videographers. However, these reports also inflated body counts and spread rumors about rape and violence in the Superdome that were later revealed not to have occurred.

Choose not to be deceived by social media. Not everyone travels for pleasure and leisure. You see people in fancy, luxurious hotels, flights, and accommodations. Some are drug mules, Some are involved in money laundering, extortion, corruption, prostitution, heists, kidnapping, insurance fraud, scams, or fraud. Some are spies, sleeper agents, or used for political gain or to destabilize. Others are enemies of progress in their country, spreading misinformation or propaganda. Some are involved in smuggling. Most people's lives and hearts are not as beautiful as their pictures on social media. Many are criminals engaged in shady activities or rituals. Don't envy people you don't know. Choose your genuine life; it might not be flashy or luxurious, but it is real. It will give you peace and true happiness.