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Fake handbags: A file picture showing fake handbags on sale in New York. One could not tell the difference between the fake goods and the originals years ago and one is not able to differentiate between the real news and the fake news now.

TIME really flies. In the blink of an eye, my kids are all grown up. My two boys have started their journeys in career and in relationships. My little girl is graduating this July. Finally, my wife has grown accustomed to my rotund face and body even though it has taken her 30 years to do so.

Thirty years ago, we had fake Louis Vuitton bags made in Thailand and China. Now we have fake news made by almost anybody and everybody. There were laws against fake goods and now there are laws against fake news.

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