- What dominated the 2016 election? Fake news stories about Donald Trump.
2. What is the huge business in Velice, Macedonia? Fake news
3. What is the Fake News next target? The 2020 U.S election.
4. Describe the city. Does it look rich or “paved in gold?” The city looks poor and rundown.
5. What does the mayor say is a way to make some quick money? To make up lies on the internet, fake news.
6. What is “click bait”? What does it mean to click and then share? Things on the internet that makes you want to click on it. If you share it, your helping them make money.
7. When the reporter talks to a fake news creator, where does he say he gets his news?He said he gets his news from other newspaper.
8. What do you think when he says, “I paraphrase”? He makes up interesting stories for people to click on.
9. How do website owners get money? What happens when someone opens their “stories”?Ads and every time you visit that page they get money.
10. How are google and facebook responding to the fake news problem? They say there blocking fake news sites.
11. How do they get around the facebook blocks? How do they get facebook accounts? They buy real accounts from kids and change the name.
12. Miguel is a “pioneer of fake news” his words. What is his primary goal right now? What is he getting ready for? His goal is to get all his lies out for the election of 2020.
13. In one day, how much does he make? 2500 a day
14. What does he think makes a story clickable?Anything to do with Trump
15. Why does he not care if it is true?No, he just want money
16. Is he proud of his job? Yes
17. How is it a huge business? How are lots of people involved even Americans? he g tons of people writing these fake stories, including Americans.
18. In the bar scene, it shows a digital gold rush. How can you tell money is being made. They are literally throwing money.
19. What does the mayor say about the morality of fake news? There isn’t morality in politics.
20. Why would the CNN reporter ask if someone is influencing the fake news reporters to affect the 2020 election? I think the CNN reporter asked because it could be possible.
21. How are Americans to blame for this? What keeps these fake news sites in business? Americans are to blame because some of them are writing these stories and some of us are actually dumb enough to click it.
22. What do you think it means to think before you click and definitely think before you share! I think it means don’t click on anything that sounds dumb and fake because when you do your putting money in their pockets.