Musical Skeptic Mugs

'Magazine, yes. Book, maybe. Musical dance - never in a million!'

"Same every year, he gets all tensed updreading the first radio blast of Slade's 'It's Christmas'..."

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

Studies show foods work miracles!

CIA report

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

Why do you hate the media?

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."

"I know it looks fine, but let's get an engineer's report and a termite inspection just to be on the safe side."

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

'The cow jumped over the moon? The mouse ran up the clock? Steroids, right?'

The middle school mile claims its first victim.

Library. Story Hour. This fact-checking site says no cow has ever jumped over the moon.

The following story is based on actual events.

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

No Unknown Unknowns

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

Newspaper headlines - Butters kills, Margarine kills.

"Paparazzi!"

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

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

'...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...'

"As far as I can tell, meditation is just worrying minus the content."

"What do the know!"

"Here's a great software update. It lets me delete all the features that I didn't want from the last update."

Summertime Blues

'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.'

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

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

Boss: 'Speak up Smythe, I know you've got an opinion, I told you what it was in my email this morning!'

"What do you want to be when you give up?"

The first meeting.

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