Do we need new law for ‘fake news’?


THERE is going to be a law against fake news, it seems. How reassuring.

Personally, I hate the term “fake news” because every time it is used, it brings to mind a certain orange individual who pokes his tiny index fingers in the air and petulantly decries any news that he doesn’t agree with as fake news.

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