FACEBOOK NEWS: TRUTH TESTING ONLINE NEWS

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Facebook news source? You need more.

Facebook news should go Walter Cronkite.

“And that’s the way it is.”

Or, the way it was.

Would facebook news, or fakebook news, stand up to Walter Cronkite-like scrutiny?

Don’t ask Mark Zuckerberg, the man with a plan to turn facebook news sources into real journalism.

As good as Walter’s newscast?

Probably not, he was the gem of black and white TV.

Blaming facebook news on swinging an election, one called the most important election ever, is weak.

How many level headed baby boomers looked at facebook to guide their vote?

There’s the voter’s pamphlet, Willamette Week, Oregonian, or facebook.

Read ’em all before casting your ballot.

But it’s too late now. Winners and losers have all spoken up.

Winners say thank you; losers say it was rigged.

Except that’s not what happened.

Hillary Clinton took her loss in stride. Trump takes his win where he needs it to go.

We’re all free, like Walter says, unless we’re not.

If you feel free, tell us about it. Free to do that voodoo that you do so well.

Mike Pence got booed in a Broadway who. Unless it’s fake facebook news reporting.

How are we supposed to know if we weren’t there?

That’ the problem with fakery, sometimes it’s too good not to believe.

A hungry man once said, “Fool me good enough with a tofu steak and I’ll eat it.”

He hated tofu and didn’t mind telling you about it.

Facebook news and fake steak have too much in common.

We’re willing to believe what sounds good enough, close enough, to the truth.

Who wants more than the truth?

If a tornado touches down we see the damage and hear the witnesses.

It’s a tornado. Just the sound of the name makes sane people run for the root cellar.

Unless you’re a storm chaser, that’s enough.

And if it’s Walter Cronkite reporting, you believe it all.