Assignment: Fake it, don’t break it!
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1 min readJan 21, 2017
Great fakers have to start somewhere. Rather than leaping in with an entire Fake News story right away, let’s try to add a dash of fake to a story that’s real.
Jayson Blair plagiarized bit. Jack Kelley embellished a tad. This is Times-honored journullistic practice.
Prompt: Add a dash of fake to a real news story.
Take an existing REAL news story and change 1 or 2 details (and enough words to make it your own). The goal is to maintain the overall integrity of the story but to just push it a bit with some fake enhancements. Fake News LA style. Make it hella Kelley and Blair it up.
Then repost it as a new story and submit it to one of our class organs!
