Critical literacy

Brainstorming task - 

Factual - Satirical (Websites) 

The Onion - https://www.theonion.com/

At first, the onion looks like your average website, it has many news articles with legitimate photos and titles/headings. There were many articles to choose from with a wide range of genres but the big giveaway that the news site was fake was the titles. If you read them you can clearly see as bright as day that they are simply outrageous and random. Not only that but the titles and what they are writing about lack specific people or business or proper references. 

In the article created by the onion, they went into great detail as to what the government did over the first 100 days of Donald Trump being elected, and some of the things that he "Accomplished" I thought were very creative but very unrealistic, and the photos looked straight out edited. For example, on day 89 it stated that "Donald Trump Jr. Takes Son On Hunting Trip In National Zoo" it was then paired up with this outrageous but creative photo. 

The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/

By the home page, it is very realistic and has bold headings and up-to-date stories that seem down-to-earth and genuine, unlike the onion. The information it displays also has relevant references and factual information and the pictures accompanying the text are professional and real to the text. Another giveaway that the news is real is that the dates are recent and the authors who wrote the article are displayed. 

The NYT has also written several articles about Donald trump but this time around the topics are more factual and realistic and display information about specific topics and stories and who exactly was involved in the situation. It also gave clear references to where they found the information. 

Critical literacy practice - 

"In Germany, the government has increased fuel prices, in just one hour of time people abandoned their cars on the streets, avenues and walked home," the post reads. "Over a million abandoned cars, they had to lower the price. When people are smart the corrupt can't accomplish their goals."

Is this real? 

After searching up the source of this photo the only information I found was that this photo circulated through social media and was labeled as a protest in Germany but it was actually taken in china and it was, in fact, the result of massive traffic jams, not petrol prices.