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Before people were able to access information by way of the Internet, written text was the primary resource for knowledge.  The history of books has been linked to political and economical contingencies, as well as the history of ideas and religion.  In the ancient world, humans developed writings as a desire to create a lasting [...]

The dictionary defines propaganda as the deliberate spreading of information, ideas, or rumors in an effort to either help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, or nation. Most commonly propaganda is used in the political arena. However, it can take used to convince others to embrace a particular scientific, environmental, religious or even moral [...]

People like lists. You came to this website, didn’t you? Or perhaps you stumbled upon it. Either way, there’s an intangibly simple quality about a list. Ever since the beginning of time we have been prioritizing events, items and just about anything else you can think of on lists. Cavemen were believed to have created [...]

As humans, we’re all subject to making mistakes. Ever since we’ve existed, we’ve surely messed up somewhere along the line. However, when it comes to media, we expect the best of the best. This means well-written articles, minimal typos, but most importantly, we want to know that the information we are receiving is actually true. [...]

It is journalistic practice for rookies to start writing obits as their first assignments when first diving into the newspaper world. Sometimes these writers get ahead of themselves and some celebrities will find out that their obituaries have been written before their demise. And that means that a few of those people have the misfortune [...]