I keep searching for a substitute for what I used to get in a good newspaper or weekly news magazine. The fact that I can’t find it makes me think there is still a place for the old form.
If you are like me you have a lot of sites bookmarked for news. They act like they are newspapers but in reality most are just click centers. You think you are onto something, you click to read more and either they take you to another site or they have a long quote and don’t tell you it is just a link unless you really look hard. When I was still paying attention to the Drudge Report I learned to hold my cursor over the title and look in the corner of my screen to see the actual source. I could screen out the Fake News sites that way but as time went on it got harder and harder to find something that did not come from the L.A. or N.Y. Times or Washington Post.
One thing I find amusing is that the Babylon Bee is getting cited like it is a serious newspaper. When the title just does not make sense I get suspicious. It is a sad day when you can’t tell the difference between satire and Fake News. It is even sadder when the Fake News people can’t tell the difference. And then you have the Babylon Bee headlines that eventually become prophetic.
Diogenes I am not but I would like to channel him. Too bad I don’t believe in that.
homo unius libri
I'm careful about sharing the Babylon Bee on FB as I'm afraid so many people would take it seriously. It doesn't help that so much insanity really IS true these days.
ReplyDeleteI would imagine it would also get you banned, but you are used to that.
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I think I find out more from the Babylon Bee (keeping in mind that it is satire) than from any other news source. They have a mug that states it is "Fake News You Can Trust". Hah!
ReplyDeleteYes, detecting the kernel of truth behind a joke is a mark of intelligence.
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