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Don’t be too hard on yourself. I get stung by the Guardian April fool story almost every year. It typically takes at least 2 paragraphs to spot what are obvious
by bigfudge 7y ago
Don’t be too hard on yourself. I get stung by the Guardian April fool story almost every year. It typically takes at least 2 paragraphs to spot what are obviously absurd stories.
To me the April fool stories highlight the biggest issue with media corps... being normally-trustworthy actually makes them very powerful on the occasions when they are mistaken or misused.
- dredmorbius 7y agoThe April Fools stuff I typically catch. Snopes has fooled me, however: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/category/lost-legends/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/category/lost-legends/