Would you believe it?

“Fake News”, as President Donald Trump tweeted in January of 2017, is “a total political witch hunt!” ‘Fake’ is term used to describe information that is completely false and untrue. Considering this term was popularized by President Trump, it is ironic that the President’s resignation was falsely printed on the cover of The Washington Post’s newspaper covers in January of 2019, proving to be one of the biggest cases of “fake news” yet.

NPR posted a piece titled “Real Fake News: Activists Circulate Counterfeit Editions Of 'The Washington Post'” discussing the situation and spoke to the woman behind it. The woman, L.A. Kauffman, says “This paper is a dream; it's not a deception" and uses bold, graphic letters to catch the reader's attention, and depicts the event of President Trump leaving the White House for good.

It’s an unconventional method to say the least, but Kauffman’s impeccable formatting makes the newspaper look legitimate, shocking the reader with the title when they pick it up. Kauffman hopes that shock will open the reader to the idea that we can make a difference, and it is up to us to make that change. If you picked up that newspaper, would you believe it?

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