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Photoshop Hand

I honestly don't know what our nation is coming too, but I am sadly starting to accept the chaos since this new term has begun with our 'social media' president. I found another article of fake news dealing with the so-called Photoshop of the president's hand. It's the updated article since this took place January 27 "No, the White House didn't Photoshop an image of the president's hand" (Phillip Bump, 2017). I wanted to narrow my topic down for my term paper - so I felt this would appeal more to my audience and I could focus more on the method being used. New York Observer writer, Dana Schwartz, claimed to notice something during one of Trump's interviews on ABC News that aired that week. She noticed that one of the photos made his hand appear larger. This observation of course took place on Twitter and then others chimed in, creating more chaos. However, it is later explained that this is not the photo on the wall - explaining the differenc...
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Resignation of the entire State Department?

Fake News is taking this country by storm. We're at the point of true disbelief, the places where we are supposed to be getting the truth are being manipulated by the higher ups. I don't know what news outlet to rely on to receive the truth or at least a faded version of it. The example of Fake News I decided to focus on was the State Department's senior administrative team allegedly resigning on the Wednesday before January 26. It was said that many officials were not trying to stick around for the reign of Trump. The State Department's undersecretary for management for nine years, Patrick Kennedy, and three of his top officials had resigned "suddenly"; which is not that odd because his retirement was the end of January. These officials were all career Foreign Service officers that have served under both the Republican and Democratic administrations. Also it was said that Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Gregory Starr retired January 20t...
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