Why does it take a humor web site to point out "news" that is really BS?

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Including the "Jack The Ripper identity solved?"

Speaks volumes about much of our "news" nowadays, though.

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-b.s.-stories-that-went-viral-anti-roofie-nail-polish/

#5. Tony Soprano's Creator Didn't Say He's Alive

#4. There Isn't an Actual "Smartphone-Loss Anxiety Disorder"

#3. That Anti-Date-Rape Nail Polish Doesn't Exist

#2. No, a Panda Didn't Fake Its Pregnancy for Food

#1. Everyone Relax About China's Supersonic Submarine

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1. Because comedy writers are smart.

And the corporate mass media 'news' is not interested much in critical thinking.

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2. I just adore Cracked.

I have to be careful visiting there because I end up reading all the related articles until I emerge from a hours-long fog. The stuff isn't always 100% accurate but it's funny and cynical and quite often touching and tragic.

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3. Same here!

I'll look up after reading umpty-eleven articles that were linked on the pages, and realize 2-3 hours have disappeared.