BBC Young Reporter
24/02/20 L/O: To explore the concept and format of news. What is the purpose of news? - Money -Educate -Inform -Spread awareness -Entertain Common types of news: -Sports (scores, transfers, match news etc) -Breaking news (Coronavirus, deaths, terror attacks etc) -Technology evolution (robots, new tech, improved phones and computers etc) -Celebrities (problems, new shows, doing good for the public etc) L/O: To explore the validity to news stories and their origins. What exactly 'fake news'? Fake news: False information used to shape your views, opinion or ideas. 5 examples of Fake News: -Boy who is 18 claims he is 9 and talks about being suicidal is exposed by the public and sent plenty of hate after he was caught lying about being bullied. -Man on the radio claims that he spots a UFO -Man claims he was attacked by a ghost. -People claim that Madeline McCann's parents killed their young daughter. -Russia claim they are not spreading the Coronavirus ...