Who is the alleged author? If no single author is listed, what website or Facebook page is it associated with? Is this author identity verified or unverified? Angela Shrewt is the supposed author for a news page called Christian News. If people were to find this article. The author might indicate is it fake because Angela is a character from the office that marries a character named Dwight Shrewt.

Did this post originate from within the US or outside of it (if unknown or unconfirmed, be sure to provide sources that indicate this). The post states that these cases are coming up across the country then later states that one of the girls they spoke with was from California, so it did originate in the US.

What is the main content of the article / post? What issue(s) does it engage with that would draw in a viewers attention / notice? This article engages with important topics of contraception and pregnancy. These are two topics that are very important to many women and the men close to them. Seeing an article about birth control not working, it would draw a lot of concern from a lot of people; teenage girls, there parents and families, their boyfriends, etc. All of these people, if they believed the article, would likely share it as to help inform other people who may be (or know a young woman that may be) affected by ineffective birth control. 

What different strategies could this article/post be utilizing in terms of influencing viewers? Is it intended to be more chaos-inducing? Use specific details when answering this question. This article is using fear to influence young women to abstain from sex. If they believed it, they would think that their birth control was no longer working and, in an attempt to not get pregnant, be much more careful when having sex, if the continued to at all. The article is very intimidating when it talks about how these girls may have to drop out of school and how they can barely take care of themselves but will now have a child. It is clearly trying to scare girls into not having sex. It then ends by stating that the only 100% effective contraceptive is abstinence, suggesting to these young women that that is their only option. This is extremely damaging to society as, instead of properly educating girls about sex, it just intimidates them into not having it. Eventually they will start having sex but still not be properly educated about it. 

What, if any, details do you notice that might indicate this is a fake news article or post? These could be things such as spelling, stock photos, the website of origin, etc. For one, the topic of the article is pretty unbelievable. The article doesn't use any statistics or give any explanation about why this is happening. The article is also written by a christian news site, so its obvious why they would write a fake article like this. The photos are so vague and unspecific and look like stock photos. The name of the author is also fake, but only people who have seen The Office would catch that.

Do you think this article or post could have fooled you? Why or why not? I feel like this article may have fooled me when I was young teenage girl. It would have scared me so much that I would have been too afraid to even think that it could be fake. Now, I would probably blow it off as fake as soon as I realized it ws for a christian site