<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Randall,</span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">I couldn't agree with you more. In light of that comment, here are a few other assignments we did in the class: </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Assignment lists:</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://medium.com/the-fake-news-reader/the-fake-news-course-sillybus-d68953d6abf5" target="_blank">https://medium.com/the-fake-<wbr>news-reader/the-fake-news-<wbr>course-sillybus-d68953d6abf5</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Assignments:</div><span style="font-size:12.8px">1) Inaugural Redress: Jive Tweeting </span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">(The class Tweets from Inauguration Day)</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Live-Tweet fictional accounts of a real life event.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px">2) Fake it, don’t break it!<br>3) Missed it by THAT much!<br>Make a story that's just a tad fake. Introduces the 80-20-10 technique</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br><div>4) Growing the Weeds</div><div>Write a fake news story based on an existing fake news story, either made by the students in the class or others. <br><br>5) Post-Fact Checking. It’s fun!</div><div>Find sources online that corroborate the untruths of a Fake News story. It's only too easy. This is a great assignment for teaching this difficulty evaluating the truth of articles. <br><br>6) Interview Schminterview</div><div>Create a fake interview by mixing new questions into an existing interview (text, audio, or video). (The Colbert Report loved to do these)<br><br>7) Bespoke News (aka Postitution)</div><div>We provide a client, you serve up fake news made to order.</div><div><br></div><div>8) Photoshafting for fun or profit:</div><div>The fake image is worth 1000 fake Tweets. Produce fake images with some photo manipulation.</div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">These assignments are online for you to use, steal, remix, remash, rehash, etc.</div><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="font-size:12.8px"><div id="gmail-:2jb" class="gmail-ajR" tabindex="0"><img class="gmail-ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" style="opacity: 0.3;"></div><div>-Mark</div></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb gmail-adL" style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#888888"></font></span><div class="gmail_extra">
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