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In Chapter 12 (News Releases), much is made of the difference between a news release and a sales advertisement (though the line between them is often blurred), and this relates to media literacy. For this discussion board post, I want you to review Evaluating Evidence.
For your discussion post, I want you to determine whether or not you believe this to be a factual piece of evidence. Could you utilize this as a source if reporting on the Fukushima disaster aftereffects? Should news outlets utilize this picture and reproduce the image and text as they disseminate it to others? Why or why not? You need to make your case for whether this picture and text can be trusted or not.
Your initial post should be at least 200 words
