Did you actually *read* the text of the "Google/Spotify" item? Hmm?
https://plus.google.com/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/1oDnZQXgE9G I can't have any fun anymore. I thought I could give this one a few hours at least. If you actually *read* the article I previously referenced regarding "Google buying Spotify" -- it's obvious that it's an April Fool's joke. Since any news item posted on 1 April is suspect, my goal here was to determine if merely labeling a ridiculous article as *not* an April Fool's Joke would cause anybody to accept it as legit. The immediate response says yes, so I'm pulling the plug now. Here's the takeaway I hope you'll get from this, in the context of the overall FAKE NEWS debate. A mere headline does not make a story true. Even a headline or tag that explicitly says it is true does not mean it is true. This should be especially obvious on April 1. Forwarding a story or social media posting based only on a reading of the headline and perhaps the first paragraph or two is how the Russian-supported and other right-wing propaganda machines have distorted reality and resulted in Donald Dump and his evil cronies. If this isn't clear on April Fool's Day, we may be doomed indeed. --Lauren-- _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list https://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad
