Story Skeptic Mugs

Man reading a giant book.

Political Journalism

"When I die, I want to come back at anything except a book of short stories."

They lived happily ever after? Isn't that based entirely on anecdotal evidence?"

'That 'Jonah' story sounded FISHY to me!'

"Well, you call them fairy tales, I call them fake news."

"Arthur and I both like books with unreliable narrators. The problem is that he only reads nonfiction."

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

'Assuming their porridge was poured at the same time, how could it then be too hot, too cold and just right?'

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."

'Sorry, Marx, but your writing ability doesn't meet our needs.'

"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

"Well did he?"

"The news is so fake, the ads are beginning to look honest."

Why do you hate the media?

'If I've learned anything, it's believe half of what's in the newspapers, and even less of what's in your e-mail.'

"Our intelligencia said we will be outnumbered 100 to one, but that we can hope it's only fake news."

Classic News.

"He really hates all the fake news!!"

"The mad king ruled by chaos and corruption. He pitted everyone against each other, and they all lived divisively ever after. The end."

'Mummy, the review of this book was more interesting.'

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

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

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

'This book thing, Mum, where do I plug it in?'

"If the headline screams catastrophe, but nobody cares to read it, does it still make a sound?"

'Yeah. Yeah... Wolf, girl, grandma. I got the picture.'

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

No Unknown Unknowns

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

The following story is based on actual events.