The digital age definitely changed journalism and the way reporting is done. Previously, writers have to be affiliated with a media company who has the capacity to house printing devices. The high costs of purchasing and maintaining printing devices limited the number of companies reporting events and occurences. Readers were mainly at the mercy of whatever these media houses print. Therefore, many fake articles were published in the hope of selling more copies, or outsell competitions. An example is one American media house which published a story about a plane that disappeared mid-air only t…