Will you Be the Next Victim?

The solution to polarization

Review Writer: Xavier Chombo Soto

Fall Issue 2021

Have you ever questioned how credible or reliable a

news article was? How can reading biased information affect
us and our society? In the modern world you can watch the
news or other media on all sorts of devices at any given
time. You often don't question what you read because we
like to assume that everyone on the internet is reliable. That
is not always the case and we need to stop being dependent
on these sources. These articles like to take advantage of
people and will use it for their own selfish needs. They will
go as far as to brainwash people so that they can agree with
them.

How long will we allow this to continue? Where's the

breaking point? Well, luckily there is a solution.

The solution to this would be creating an app that

gives accurate and unbiased factual information. The app
“Winno” provides exactly that and is used to fact check and
summarize important news stories. Its purpose is to keep
you up to date and report you about information in one or
two sentence posts. By using this app you are guaranteed
not to be convinced or allured into unreliable news articles.
 This app can help in preventing online users from
falling into these compelling traps. This app gives you
important news updates, live and in the moment. They don't
post any links or headlines, they focus on condensing the
key components and posting just facts. It is curated, written,
and fact checked by their team, giving you everything you
need to know without lies. They are committed to creating a
humane, attention-friendly experience. The app works by
giving you the power to choose which stories you want to
follow and get notifications on. They’re covering 39 stories
now. For instance, Afghanistan, climate change, the
coronavirus, politics, space, the LGBTQ+ community etc.
This is information everyone should be able to access
without having to worry about whether it's opinion or
clickbait.

The app is successful and will continue to peak

people's interest. The strengths of using this app is that it
allows you to grow and understand real factual information,
helping you form your own opinion. People will be able to
have more civil conversations and have reliable information.
This will not only positively affect how information is spoken
but written as well. If we continue to avoid such an important
problem what will be the outcome? Not only will that be a
problem, but coming up with a solution that both sides agree
on will be quite difficult.
On the other hand, the app fails to talk about other important
topics. It’s limited to the categories they talk about, so the
person who uses the app doesn’t have a variety of options.

I’ve been using the app for sometime now and I’d personally
keep using it. It’s a great app with potential that I think
everyone should get. I would recommend this for teenagers
to adults. This target audience is very important since we
contribute a ton to society.

The real question is, will people be open to leaving their

favorite biased news channels and articles? That's a very
hard question to answer. People just tend to read what
backs up their views and show little interest in knowing the
opposite side. That has created a big gap in society and
even partakes in our own government. At this point in time
it's very obvious that this is a huge issue and it needs to be
tackled as soon as possible. What are you going to do? Will
you be making the change now or will you wait until it gets
worse?
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