Headlines From the Media, and Other Foolishness, June 21, 2020

By Rich Kozlovich

Do you wonder how this country, and a lot of the world, got taken in by all this coronavirus madness?  Of course we now know the data has been fudged, especially involving the computer models, but there's another reason.  People are really gullible, and therefore easily manipulated, and that includes many well educated people.  Especially if it means holding views different than their group, or a better description would be, "their herd". 

At any rate, this was sent to me from one of the members of the eclectic e-mail group to which I belong, which in light of the media's corruption over this matter I thought you might find it amusing.

Headlines from the media, and other foolishness

It's clear that prediction is really hard, especially about the future.  While it's clear January and February are fact based, March is hysteria, and with the possible exception of May....and that's a bit of dicey also....it really gets dicey after April, and is totally made up, especially about our Browns winning the Super Bowl in 2021.  Think about this: How much do you wanna bet there would be those who would believe it?

If you doubt it, then perhaps, if your old enough , you'll remember all the supermarket tabloids like the Sun, National Examiner, Globe, and the Weekly World News, which touted itself as the "World's Only Reliable News Source", with stories about the Bat Boy:

 -"Bat Boy was first featured in a 1992 issue after being found in a cave in West Virginia (Lost World Caverns). He has since led police on a high-speed chase, fought in the war on terror, led the troops to capture Saddam Hussein, bitten Santa Claus, and traveled into outer space. In 2000, he gave his endorsement to Al Gore. It was foretold that Bat Boy would become president in 2028.  The story of Bat Boy was the basis for an acclaimed off-Broadway musical, Bat Boy: The Musical, in which Bat Boy meets a tragic end. In addition to articles, Bat Boy has been featured in a comic strip since 2004, though it is said that only the articles are the "true" story of Bat Boy."

That, and other really crazy stuff  appeared in all these "papers".  Stuff that apparently some, or maybe even most of their readers believed.  How do I know they believed it?  Why else would they kept buying it?  Some must have just enjoyed the silliness, but I have to wonder just how much of this stuff they were buying into.

In the Meanwhile - Enjoy!

De Omnibus Dubitandum - Everything is to be questioned!!!!! My personal motto!