As you’ve probably read, fake news is showing up in social media and everywhere. And after you read that, you ask yourself, “Wait a minute, how do I know that the news I just read about fake news isn’t fake… Read More ›
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Chinese Media Just Did Better Job Explaining How Capitalism Works Than U.S. Media
CNBC reports that a Chinese State-Controlled newspaper has warned that if America starts putting tariffs on Chinese goods, that it will cancel American Boeing plane orders and replace them with European Airbus planes. So in this example of capitalism, Europe… Read More ›
3 Questions That Arise About Trump’s Rigged Media
On the weekend, Donald Trump said he would block AT&T’s take over of Time Warner. He also said he would break-up Comcast and NBC/Universal. Why? Because the media is rigged, according to Trump. First, to readers out there, note that… Read More ›
We Fact Check CNN Discussion With Apprentice “Winner”
Last night on CNN (click here for transcript) Don Lemon moderated a discussion between the “Winner of the First Season of the Apprentice,” Katrina Campins and former CNN business reporter Ali Velshi. Okay, first off, Katrina Campins was not the… Read More ›
Toronto Metro Reporter Apparently Needs To Work On Math Skills
Here’s a headline from last Thursday’s Metro: “Toronto’s 1 per cent are about 100,000 times wealthier than us: study…” Now if we do some back-of-the-napkin research, the population of Toronto is about 2.6 million people. The median income in 2014… Read More ›
3 More Reasons We Suspect Trump Kids Didn’t Register To Vote
Yesterday we wrote that Ivanka and Eric Trump failed to register in time to vote in the New York Republican Primary. We have 3 suggestions as to why… They thought they needed the official longer-than-official-long-form Trump-demanded birth certificate along with… Read More ›
Real Toronto Sun Headline: “Toronto woman wakes up to raccoon sex”
The Toronto Sun reports that a woman woke up at 7 am to raccoons having sex on her balcony. Here’s an excerpt from the article: “‘I’m an animal lover but I can’t stand this,’ she said. ‘I found it gross… Read More ›
Enquiring Minds Want To Know
The National Enquirer recently ran a story about alleged Ted Cruz affairs, which Ted Cruz alleges are untrue and sourced indirectly from Donald Trump. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story Why is this news, and not Bernie Sanders currently… Read More ›
3 Suggestions For Alternative Fox News Programming Now That Final GOP Debate Cancelled
Fox News has cancelled the final debate before the Republican convention because Donald Trump said he could not make it, which lead to John Kasich saying he would not attend without Trump. Since there’s a free slot to fill, we… Read More ›
Bill O’Reilly Has Some (Unintentionally) Funny Ideas About Business
On last night’s “Talking Points” segment of his show, Bill O’Reilly explained recent Trump protests using the following two “points”: George Soros, a “radical,” contributed to the protests through moveon.org. Donald Trump is just talking like a businessman. He has… Read More ›