The "FAKE" Story

The on and on topic we discuss in class weekly has finally been brought to a stage at Florida A&M! A play title "THE STORY" is about a journalist who fabricates a story and doesn't reveal a source to add suspense to this amazing news story. The play is based off of a infamous incident of Janet Cooke.

What makes this play a great show to watch is that journalist get a inside look of how lying plays out in the newsroom. The main character Yvonne lies and doesn't report the truth in here article that has been published. To add more drama the publish article gets praise and accolades and now Yvonne is really under fire.

Just as janet Cooke received her Pulitzer prize for her article, she had to come forward and reveal her scandal. Cooke later went on a talk show and said she lied because she felt pressure from her news room and wanted to make a cutting edge story.  With this in mind fabricating stories doesn't make a story any better than a story about a cat getting rescued from a tree. Cooke should have used the SAD model to weigh her options while reporting.

it is only a matter of time before the newsroom will catch suspension of a fake story. Who are the sources? When did this happen? All these questions arise whet the story is published.

In the play the ending leaves you on cliff wondering hat Yvonne did to hide her lies. After seeing what happen to Cooke in real life you can pretty much imagine what might have happen.

REPORT AND SEEK THE TRUTH JOURNALIST!