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you may remember me–i’m the one that originally raised the fuss about old cricket being gone (which, he’s back! yes!!). now i’m here to bring up something else. this new activity (to cricket, at least, i think it was in the other magazine only before the merge), this “find the false news article”, is ridiculous.
on the surface, it’s a fun idea; teaching kids to be careful about believing the news all the time, while also talking about current events, is fascinating. very cool! awareness need to be raised about fake news, especially in recent times, with AI and such. but here’s the big problem:
a huge amount of readers simply skim the magazine without reading details.
what does that mean? it means this:
readers are going to see those headlines, not understand that one of them is fake, and never go to the back and realize “oh… that was a fake news headline.”
this is just blatant disinformation. some might disagree, but i just can’t stand it, i’m sorry. a magazine should NEVER share RADICALLY INCORRECT information to YOUNG READERS without making it the most blatantly obvious, unignorable thing ever. this section of the magazine either needs to be edited to be more obvious (perhaps place the answer to the “which one is fake” on the opposite page, very loudly, instead of in the back?), or just dissolved completely.
please share your opinions, CBers. i know nobody here really knows me, but i want this to be heard. disinformation, even in the form of a game, is improper. -
*amendment: the game is titled News or Not (i had forgotten and had to go look it up, lol)
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Yes, I completely agree!! I actually made a thread about it a while ago where I wrote tons about it (https://www.cricketmagkids.com/topic/1104890/), but I do agree that it’s completely reprehensible. Fake news should never be spread, in any form, by anyone, and it’s tragic to find that Cricket itself is actually doing it. Also throwing out casual mentions of cryptocurrency and making AI seem like a cool thing… Honestly, I’m horrified every time an issue arrives :((
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i didn’t even see this, i’m so glad someone agrees and had the same idea!! i just had to get my thoughts out, it’s been bothering me ever since i first saw it. luckily the cricket editors and admins are amazing and listen to us. i’m very glad our feedback is important to them 🙂
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I honestly enjoy it. It’s fine if it get’s taken away, but like, it makes since to skim over sections. Honestly though, it’s not everyone else’s fault and a part of the magazine that probably old Musers (i think that was where News or Not was from) really enjoy gets taken away just because a few people skim over it and don’t understand. That’s my opinion at least.
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it’s less about misunderstanding, and more that a lot of readers are simply going to be disinformed as collateral damage from not fully reading the magazine. trust me, i would hate for former muse readers to be disappointed by a part of their magazine being taken away. but the communication of “ONE OF THESE HEADLINES IS FAKE!” simply needs to be louder.
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A few people skimming over it in this scenario means that they might believe a false headline is true though. Which probably isn’t an effect that the staff want, so I think some Musers will understand if they decide to get rid of it!🙂
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What if we take away just the fake. It’d be a compromise for the people that want it to stay, but still making sure there is no fake news. Does that make since to everyone?
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@Thalorwin, the issue at stake isn’t whether or not the section is entertaining; it’s simply that Cricket is a magazine for young people, and it has the responsibility to make sure that it’s not spreading harmful content. Furthermore, I’m pretty sure that Musers will understand. If we realized that a section of the original Cricket – Old Cricket Says, for example – was propagating harmful ideas (though Old Cricket Says does the exact opposite, thank goodness! That’s why I love it so much and why I’m so glad it’s back <3 But just supposing), we would definitely understand if it were modified or even removed. In fact, we’d probably be protesting about it ourselves. So it should be fine
:)It would make it better if the fake articles were simply removed, but it’s also just the section as a whole which is repulsive; it deals with way too complex and advanced subjects with way too little context. (The articles about AI and genetics still have me in shock :/)Anyway, @admins, I’m super happy to hear that there are going to be developments!! Thank you so much for listening to us and caring about our feedback
:DAfter all, the important thing isn’t making mistakes but being willing to fix them; it seems like almost no one has that level of sense, but Cricket is still absolutely amazing in that respect. I’m excited to see what’s planned :))