Fake News Detective Gifts

I Can't Believe It's Not Fake News

It soon became apparent that the vicar was an undercover journalist.

Lies/Damned Lies/Social Media

"I've edited your Wikipedia entry again, Sadie. You're about to be inundated with phone calls from the press." "Whatever, geek-boy." "You're now the world's foremost authority on Turkey leprosy, the disease that's threatening to ruin the holidays." "No one'll believe that." "Oh yeah? I wrote a Wikipedia page for Turkey leprosy, too, along with examples of all the historical figures it's killed, such as the Archduke of Crushistan." "There is no 'Crushistan.'" "I've written a Wikipedia entry for C

"Some idiot spread the rumour that the boss had called in sick! Now look what's happened to the tobacco and coffee stocks!"

A Young Boy Talking To An Old Gentleman.

BREAKING FAKE NEWS

Home Business - Newspaper Ad.

"I try to keep my classes relevant."

Burning the Other

"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help the Google?"

"Do you swear you haven't embroidered the truth in your testimony today?"

'I heard it through the grapevine.'

"The war that wasn't a war isn't a disaster."

"Before I give you my resume, I'd like to know how thorough you fact check."

"Extra! Extra! Stream all about it! It’s extra, so you may not need it, especially if you looked at your phone recently."

Fake News, 50 cents.

The Hypocritic Oath

"Play the last presidential debate....hold on....first take our all the lies and stuff..."

'It says here that machine learning finds fake news with 88% accuracy. I think from now on I really need to edit my reports before I turn them in.'

'I think it means corporate control is now complete.'

"You want the truth, the whole truth, or nothing but the truth?"

In Plain Sight

What a nation looks like with a free press and access to information / What a nation looks like with no free press and no access to correct information.

'Would you like my professional advice, or my honest opinion?.'

'Our next question: is the world a safer place than it was a year ago?'

Rashomon of West 84th Street

"Gosh, it really is impossible to tell the deepfakes from the shallow ones."

"We're getting nowhere. First you won't admit you have a problem, then you do, and now you say it's all a big hoax."

"Did you research and verify before posting this?"

'Tell me why I should excuse you from serving on jury duty. Be careful what you say. I have been trained to read between the lies.'

'What's this rumor I hear, that they're putting saltpeter in Meals-On-Wheels!'

I overheard management saying they were kicking you but I didn't hear if it was upstairs or out.

News of the Underworld

'Your BBC. Where the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.'