thee roots of fake new ws?

> Peoople have been tellingg untruths to get whatw they want since ancientnt timestimes.

In ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Rameses the Great spread propaganda that the Battle of Kadesh was a stunning victory. He commissioned murals showing him decimating the enemy. Records show it was actually a stalemate.

> Fake news reached frenzied levels when the printing press was invented in 1439 in Germany.

When Galileo Galilei revealed that the Earth was round and went on trial in 1610, so much fake news was published that there was also huge demand for verified news.

This gave rise to a new profession: journalists and writers dedicated to delivering verified news. > The first “public newspaper” was published in 1556 in Venice. Called Notizie scritte (“Written notices”), it became popularly known as “the gazetta” because it cost one gazetta, the Venetian coin of the times. This is the origin of the English word “gazette”, or newspaper.

> The first country with laws to punish publishers of fake news was the Netherlands, in the 1700s.

> Various classifications of fake news exist, such as this list by Claire Wardle of First Draft News. 1. Satire or parody (no harmful intent but could be mistaken as real by foolish readers)

2. False connection (headlines, visuals or captions that do not support the content)

3. Misleading content (to frame an issue or individual)

4. False content (genuine news twisted with false context) 5. Imposter content (impersonated sources) 6. Manipulated content (information/imagery tweaked to deceive, e.g. doctored photos) 7. Fabricated content (100% false, with deceitful/ harmful intent)