Monday, February 20, 2017

Fake News

Is Jennifer Aniston pregnant? Almost certainly not, but that didn't stop The Star magazine from publishing this cover story:

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Star magazine, of course, is a tabloid, and one of the least credible ones out there. The New Yorker it isn't. On the other hand, it is an actual magazine, published every week and sold at supermarkets around the country. People here in America pay good money to read this stuff.

My point? It's not just in politics that some of my fellow citizens are susceptible to fake news.

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