Hello.
Facebook is pissed off. It has been accused of pushing fake news onto the gullible people that use the service. Zark Muckerberg then claimed it was pretty whack - or some other Americanism, I don't know - to think that what 'news' people read on their feeds may form said people's opinion on any given topic. You know, like politics or something. This contradicts research that Facebook itself carried out in 2010. Classic Muckerberg, right there! What is he like, eh?
So, here is a handy list of these fake news sites. For some reason dailymail.co.uk or i100.independent.co.uk do not appear but I am sure you can find them on the list of non-news sites.
Also, the word 'post-truth' - an adjective defined as 'relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief' - is making more and more of an appearance, even winning an award. But hasn't Facebook itself made its users susceptible to this 'post-truth' society since 2004? Discuss.
In any case, no fear my brethren, for when it comes to the truth we need look no further than to advice from Buddha: three things that cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth. Or to the equally great Eminem who once said, the truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed. Post-truth, or post-non-truth, or non-truth, what does it matter? The truth cannot be long hidden and nothing is guaranteed because in the end...
...it's all a load of Bovine Skittles!
Sources
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10eA5-mCZLSS4MQY5QGb5ewC3VAL6pLkT53V_81ZyitM/preview
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/us/politics/social-networks-affect-voter-turnout-study-finds.html
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/word-of-the-year/word-of-the-year-2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVjMkMLhkrs
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