Brooklyn, New York - - Back in olden times, when schools were schools and teachers were respected, no one needed to explain the difference between so-called fake news and insightful satire.
But these days, citizens are too busy tweaking their Facebook mugshots to make time for critical thinking. In fact, most can't distinguish the difference between con games and cosmetics.
This mini guide will be of particular value to them. It documents several of the particularly of noxious ploys perpetrated by the evil merchants of fake news. Read them and tweet:
A tweet is often followed by something not so sweet. It's hard to keep your windshield clean.
Don't believe everything you read. Didn't you learn that back in the first grade?
If it seems too good to be true, it's probably phony.(Another grammar school gem.)
If the names of more than two lawyers are attached to something, it is dangerously untrue.
"Founding Fathers" is just a brand-name. It's not a magic spell.
The founding fathers were just a bunch of real estate developers, looking for the next kill. Sound familiar?
If it makes you want to laugh out loud, go ahead and laugh out loud. You take things too seriously.
If you're looking to blow that whistle, consider the world of Edward Snowden. He has been abandoned by his country, his friends and his profession for exposing an evil enterprise funded by you, the American taxpayer.
If it sounds like gospel, it probably is gospel, so why does it seem like a lie, straight from the devil?
If it sparks a congressional hearing, it is a falsehood, one to which honorable legislators will get to the bottom of... eventually.
The Catholic Church is getting to the bottom of its altar boy controversy. Please bend over.
If you think that America is a democracy, please bend over. Democracy is based on majority rule. In America, the electoral college trumps the majority. As long as the electoral college dictates the results of elections, America is a dictatorship. Heil, Donald.
It's not so much the art of the deal. It's the stench of the scam.
