Daojoan,
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90% of people cannot tell the difference between an opinion piece, a news article, and the Onion.

rainynight65,
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@Daojoan Insee a lot of headlines these days that not even ten years ago would have been exclusive to something like The Onion. But these days reality is trying to outdo satire so hard that all lines are perpetually blurred.

I literally just saw a German election poster where I thought 'you can't make this stuff up, this must be satire' and yet here we are.

canleaf,
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@Daojoan So many people also mistake "opinions" for "facts".

CuriousMagpie,
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@Daojoan In my few years as a college professor, I am most proud of the students who learned to read articles/books and be able to identify facts vs opinions vs theories vs lies & propaganda.

zdl,
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@Daojoan To be fair, I'm having increasing difficulty doing so myself. Especially the first two.

mikemathia,
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@Daojoan

I'm actually okay with this.

fmhilton,
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@Daojoan And sometimes there is NO difference, either.
https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1819576527
"‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens"

zdl,
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sudoedit,
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@Daojoan 96.326% of statistics are made up on the spot. 🤣

aleemshaun,
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@Daojoan slow down! I'm still grappling with the spoon, fork, cola tutorial... 🤯 😜

ramsey,
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@Daojoan opinion is just onion with pi in it

VeroniqueB99,
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@Daojoan In their defense there's almost no difference these days... 🤷‍♀️ 😉 🤣

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