The economy of fake news

[rousseau]

There was a report maybe 8 months ago and I think one of the fake news guys was alleging they were trying to show how fake news worked and were trying to help people learn how to debunk it. I always thought that was bullshit because he never seemed to show any indication of letting people know it was fake.

You can find 'fake news' everywhere. World News Daily used to be just found in the grocery store by the registers, now there is fake news in several places where people congregate online and people love to read it. It is sickening.

It wasn't until the last couple of years that I really saw some of the stuff that's sold in cash lines and magazine racks at grocery stores. It's unbelievable that real people buy and read that stuff.

On the bright side, people being this dumb is great for my job security as a programmer.