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NUI Galway Student Newspaper

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It’s not about Kylie Jenner

February 8, 2017 By SIN Staff

It’s not about Kylie Jenner

  The internet is a remarkable thing and with the dawn of new media, our consumption of news and current affairs grows slowly narrower. The invention of clickbait headlines and ‘news’ that isn’t really news have become so omnipresent it’s hard to discern what’s really worth knowing these days. Most people will admit that they get their news from their Facebook feed and … [Read more...] about It’s not about Kylie Jenner

Seventy eight percent of statistics are made up. In 2016, half of the news you read was, too

January 12, 2017 By SIN Staff

Seventy eight percent of statistics are made up. In 2016, half of the news you read was, too

People are reflecting on how crazy and unpredictable the last twelve months have been, with so many political curveballs and so many greats taken away from us. “It is becoming increasingly obvious that David Bowie has established a better alternate universe and is populating it selectively one by one,” one Twitter user wrote. Ninety one thousand people seemed to agree, … [Read more...] about Seventy eight percent of statistics are made up. In 2016, half of the news you read was, too

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