NEWS LITERACY THE FAKE NEWS PHENOMENON BY DUCHESS HARRIS JD PHD Core Library Cover image It's important to view all news reports with a critical eye An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
CHAPTER ONE
THE DANGER OF FAKE NEWS It was a quiet Sunday afternoon in December 2016 in Washington DC At a pizza parlor called Comet Ping Pong customers enjoyed pizza and played games Little did they know their day was about to become very scary Shortly before 3:00 p.m. Edgar Maddison Welch entered the restaurant Welch was 28 years old He had driven to Washington from Salisbury North Carolina As he neared the bar area Welch raised an assault rifle He fired a shot toward an employee but missed Flowers and signs in support of Comet Ping Pong showed up outside the building in the days following the shooting
