Cinematic Skeptic Gifts

'We'd like to return it. There wasn't any on-screen chemistry between us.'

"Why don't we switch off the news and give Brexit up for Lent?"

Studies show foods work miracles!

CIA report

'In a nutshell, foods are drugged and drugs are eaten like food.'

"Of course it's alien abductions! How else would you explain the, 'November Phenomenon'?"

"Actually, yes, honey — I do believe 'Fox News' is an oxymoron."

Why do you hate the media?

'So no animals were harmed in that movie...but how about the audience?!'

'I don't like reading on screen, so I'm printing the internet to look at it later.'

Classic News.

"According to my phone, society is on the brink of collapse, but, according to our living room, things seem pretty O.K."

"This just in: you thought joy was within reach, but you were wrong."

"Climate change is not real. It's fake climate!"

"Now remember...no lies about the government...only lies from the government."

Time for today's dose of emotional manipulation...

The following story is based on actual events.

No Unknown Unknowns

Newspaper headlines - Butters kills, Margarine kills.

'It's bad enough I get overrules at home... why here also, Sharon?'

At the 'Feel Good' movie of the year.

These networks are definitely treating news as entertainment, but I'm not sure if they're going for drama or comedy.

"Paparazzi!"

'...No, he can't really fly...no, the bad guys don't really have a gun...no this cereal really isn't the best food in the whole world...no, it won't make you as strong as a giant...'

'A new poll reveals that 75 percent of fox news viewers believe there are death panels in the health care bill and 75 percent of Disney channel viewers believe elephants can fly.'

Summertime Blues

'The story you are about to see is as true as most of the stuff you get on televison these days....'

"None of this news seems 'fit to print' to me!"

"What do the know!"

"Please, no more movies about feelings."

Couple watches the news, seeing 'News, Fake News, Weather, and Sports'.

'The following program isn't really recommended for anybody, but hey — ratings are ratings!'

'Today the nation's highly reliable sources were replaced by 'sometimes reliable sources'.'

"I can’t decide who I despise more — the politicians or the media."

"But you really can't trust the media."