Fake News Clogs The Internet

According to independant research there are now more fake news websites than ever filling the internet. While around 6% of news sources on the internet are "true", the majority contain news that is made up from scratch. Some contain news that isn't new, for instance I turned on the TV the other day and they were talking about young Maddie and I couldn't help but think to myself, "surely this isn't news?" and "this happened ages ago didn't it?".

The moral issues surrounding false news is debatable, as some argue that any news isn't really worth our attention, and that news is for suckers, while others argue that there is no clear line between misinformation and made up information, and that false news is as good as any. You say potato, I say potato, which one is the news?

"You simply can't make up a fact" said Alan Johnson of Peepshow Enterprises. "A fact is a fact because it's true. News has to be fact otherwise it's silly. So if you make up a fact then you're making up the news. And if you make up the news you're bad. You can't make up the news. It's supposed to be true. People are supposed to believe it. You can't make things up for people to believe".

One unnamed man is planning to take the BBC to court claiming that around 10pm last Saturday (17th) he didn't believe their news.

"I was watching their news on telly at around 10pm on Saturday and I simply didn't believe what I was watching" he said. "They were talking about some kind of cell stem research. Never heard of it. I think I'll be watching Five News from now on, they really seem to know which news is true."

The BBC have since retaliated at a press conference, announcing: "We think the allegations against us are absolutely crazy. We don't invent the news, THAT man does. We over heard him the other day telling his friends that Tom Jones sold him a carrot. In fact, we think HE's crazy."

The two opponents will come face to face in the ring at the Royal Albert Hall this Saturday (with special guest referee Mills Lane).