Cooked up, shook-up or looked up

By The MediaPlex January 31, 2018 10:05

with Bernard de Vaal

In “Cooked up, shook-up or looked up” I put the latest controversial stories from your newsfeed on the stand and interrogate them till they crack.

You wouldn’t want to get caught with a severe case of foot in mouth disease when showing off your scholarliness, now would you?

Episode One

On the stand today:

$240million spent on refrigerators for Air Force One
A-list celebrities speaking out against Obama, and
Indian farmers injecting fruits and vegetables with a dangerous prescription drug.

Episode Two

On the stand today:

Episode Three

On the stand today:

The Church of the dark lord Lucifer opens in Colombia, South America.
A Good Old Party Candidate from Maine calls a Parkland school shooting survivor a skinhead and lesbian, and
Man kills a black bear in New Jersey while it was hibernating.

Episode Four

On the stand today:

Episode Five

On the stand today:

An alarming trend in people using insecticide to get high.
A quick lesson in online tools that help detect fake news and tips for self-checking

By The MediaPlex January 31, 2018 10:05

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