Originally Posted By: joemikeb
This story about Time Cook's comments on Fake News is being widely reported. Any comments?

This past Sunday evening Scott Pelley did a 60 Minutes report on "Fake News" which underlined the importance of getting the truth out. Essentially the conclusion was that, as long as it's prepared in a 'newsy' fashion, people will believe anything. Pelley provided some sample headlines, one of which was 'Colonospcopy reveals Trump has brain cancer' and I thought: "How could anyone, who knows what a colonoscopy is, believe something as impossible as that?" Then I thought again: "Maybe it is possible. After all, we have to assume that Trump's brain is in his head, and since his head is …."

Hahahaha

Last edited by ryck; 03/28/17 06:27 AM.

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