MisInformation

The riot last year is a perfect example of why there should be a Department of Information. There were so many different rumors floating around about what took place as well as how big it was that many people were freaking out. There were rumors floating about deaths, hundreds of arrests, anarchy, and calling in reinforcements from all over. While some of the rumors proved true there were some that were outright lies and they spread out and lasted for a long time when in reality it wasn't as big as it was made out to be.
The Idea of there being a Department of Information actually sounds appealing to me, mainly due to the reasons that the article listed. All of us have been made fools of when we spout what we believe factual information that we hear from different sources and this department would greatly help with the control of false information. The fact that so many people get away with lying to the public just to get ratings to go up and they tell others who believe them is very disconcerting. From a young age we are conditioned to believe people that are in a position of authority and when these people lie to us we take it as truth.
The idea of the Department of Information is a good one but would be unrealistic due to the fact that people sometimes don't want the truth to be known as well as the fact that the corporations would be completely against it.