Things I Never Thought I’d Read in the News
Fake Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I’ve been ‘around’ for a long time. In 1963, I began reading newspapers, not because I wanted to, because it was an assignment to read the Los Angeles Times every day, and not just the sports section or the comics. After the first week, I began to enjoy reading the stories, informing me about what was happening in my city, my state, my country, and around the world. I trusted the writers. I assumed they were telling the truth. For the most part, they were. My teacher told us that if we read the Los Angeles Examiner, the content might be less truthful. This newspaper relied more on sensationalism than the importance of who, what, why, when, where, and how. That was then, this is, unfortunately, now. The 21 st century is often referred to as the “age of information.” The truth is, there is too much information, and the great majority of what is offered on legitimate news sources, biased publications, and, most significantly, social media, are all too often i...