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Hoaxes

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And Fake News Are trending. So, "what is the difference between a hoax and fake news?" They both seemed very similar to me. There's a difference According to Wikipedia: "A hoax is a falsehood deliberately fabricated to masquerade as the truth. It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgement, rumours, urban legends, pseudosciences, and April Fools Day events that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes." "Fake news  is a type of yellow journalism or propaganda that consists of deliberate misinformation or hoaxes spread via traditional print and broadcast news media or online social media. Fake news is written and published with the intent to mislead in order to damage an agency, entity, or person, and/or gain financially or politically, often using sensationalist, dishonest, or outright fabricated headlines to increase readership, online sharing, and internet click revenue." Similar eh? Okay, below is one ...

Airport Security

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George's More Than A  Pet Peeve.. But A Major Psychotic Episode This is to clarify that the content of the video is entirely for comedic purposes. I wouldn't do anything he suggests in the clip. It's just a Joke! And, if this is George Carlin's own insight and unique perspective, I wouldn't know anything about it, because I never met the man. George Carlin was very funny. His humour can be cutting. Sometimes extremely, because often, he takes it to the very edge. Some would say, terrorism is no laughing matter. Lots of innocent people have been killed and maimed by creatures that have no love, empathy, pity or consideration for humanity.  Their aim is to get governments to clamp down further on our freedoms, helping to feed on paranoia, with our consent. Governments all over the globe are fighting the terrorists. There is vast support for everything the authorities are doing to detect, arrest and neutralise terrorists, but we must also d...