Test on newspapers.
The first article called "Hubble Telescope Sends Back Annoying Stream of Selfies" focused on an experiment that went wrong.
Indeed it seems that the telescope has run out of control and that it can’t stop sending pictures of himself that it posts on Twitter using the Hashtag pimpin.
The elements that may have helped me understand that this article was in fact a parody and a fake were:
“but that if it persists in sending back nothing but self-portraits, NASA would “probably stop following it.””
It’s as if the telescope was going to be punished by NASA, it really sounds funny.
Also the sentence “The Hubble might think it looks good in these pictures”. The personification of the telescope makes it less than likely that it could have been able to be a victim of vanity.
The source of the article is the Newyorker.com which specializes in writing parodies of serious events.
Article number two dealt with President Obama posing for a selfie at Mandela’s memorial service.
The familiar vocabulary used such as “moronic selfish” and “oh yeah” leads us to believe that we are dealing with a tabloid newspaper. The journalist gave his point of view and criticized Obama’s choice.
It came from www.express.co.uk
Finally the last article from the Times was easily recognizable thanks to the vocabulary used:
"a distinct lack of the decorum, a playful selfie, ubiquitous"
Also the journalist reminded us that Obama had greeted Castro at that event and commented on the overwhelming response on social networks.
Selfie has become the word of the year 2013 and describes the vain habit of taking and posting photos of oneself in the obvious desire to show off. The social networks then allow us to spread the news: for instance, I’ve been at Bono’s concert and manage to pose next to him. What an accomplishment!
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Corrected Textmore↓Test on newspapers.
The first article called "Hubble Telescope Sends Back Annoying Stream of Selfies" focused on an experiment that went wrong.
Indeed it seems that the telescope has run out of control and that it can’t stop sending pictures of itself that it posts on Twitter using the Hashtag pimpin.
The elements that may have helped me understand that this article was in fact a parody and a fake were:
“but that if it persists in sending back nothing but self-portraits, NASA would “probably stop following it.””
It’s as if the telescope was going to be punished by NASA, it really sounds funny.
Also the sentence “The Hubble might think it looks good in these pictures”. The personification of the telescope makes it less than likely that it could have been able to be a victim of vanity.
The source of the article is the Newyorker.com which specializes in writing parodies of serious events.
Article number two dealt with President Obama posing for a selfie at Mandela’s memorial service.
The familiar vocabulary used such as “moronic, selfish” and “oh yeah” leads us to believe that we are dealing with a tabloid newspaper. The journalist gave his point of view and criticized Obama’s choice.
It came from www.express.co.uk
Finally the last article from the Times was easily recognizable thanks to the vocabulary used:
"a distinct lack of the decorum, a playful selfie, ubiquitous"
Also the journalist reminded us that Obama had greeted Castro at that event and commented on the overwhelming response on social networks.
Selfie has become the word of the year 2013 and describes the vain habit of taking and posting photos of oneself in the obvious desire to show off. The social networks then allow us to spread the news: for instance, I’ve been at Bono’s concert and manage to pose next to him. What an accomplishment!
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