Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 07, 2016
Transcript:
Boy in green: ...So NASA kept it a secret that Noah's ark was actually an intergalactic space-ship. Boy in blue: No way! Boy in green: Way, dude! Boy in blue: Dude! Flo: 'Scuse me, but wheah did ya heah that? Boy in green: Repostings on Facebook from anoesis news service. Boy in blue: News service, so it MUST be true. Flo: Eddie! Stop helpin' the dumbification of America! Eddie: Hey, it beats haulin' lobstah traps all day.
This week I’m in the middle of a crisis. The lead story on the real news is that there’s a thriving industry in fake news, the people making it don’t care what they’re doing, and the people reading it think it’s real.