Hoax

   Headlines don’t lie. You can trust your own eyes. What they say is true is true, don’t even try to read between the lines.
   Everyone agrees on facts. Everyone can distinguish between fact and opinion. There are good people in charge, who will extinguish the fires set by the evil minions.
   Let’s not race to expedited judgements. Don’t be so sure about the winner at the 2-minute warning. It would be folly to print the pages of the paper before the clock says 0:00.
   Don’t try to understand liars. Lies don’t have a scent, like smoke, that alerts us to their presence. Lies don’t taste foul, like mold, so usually we swallow them whole.
   It’s not about who speaks fact or fiction, it’s about speed and volume. I get my news from punk rock. I get my news from the comedy shows. Entertainers have no reason to spin webs of misinformation; that line of business is for politicians and poor people. Yeah, the wretched poor must be lying as they fish for more handouts. Living on $10 an hour can’t be that difficult. It’s something you grow out of, like puberty, eventually everyone becomes millionaires if they don’t give up.
   UFOs are real. I have seen things in the sky that I cannot explain. Bigfoot is real. I have heard things in the woods that I cannot explain. Donald Trump’s tax returns are real. I haven’t seen it, but I just have a good feeling about it.

amulet