SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Full News Archive

• Headline: Rolling Stone Magazine Up for Sale. Impact: The sale of Rolling Stone could lead to a chain reaction where the magazine's new owners decide to pivot to publishing only diet advice for rock stars, resulting in a global obsession with kale smoothies. Who knew greens could rock so hard?. Fact: Did you know that Rolling Stone once featured a cover with a naked John Lennon and Yoko Ono? Talk about a bold way to sell magazines!.
• Headline: Trump Lawyers Disagree on Inquiry Cooperation. Impact: The clash between Trump lawyers could inadvertently lead to a new genre of courtroom drama that features lawyers bickering over coffee preferences instead of legal strategies. Hollywood is already drafting scripts.. Fact: Did you know that in many legal dramas, the lawyers are often portrayed as more competent than the actual lawyers in real life? What a concept!.
• Headline: Unveiling Facebook's Role in Election Interference. Impact: If Facebook had been more transparent, it might have sparked a movement where social media platforms start treating their users like actual human beings. Imagine the chaos of people connecting over shared interests instead of algorithms!. Fact: Did you know that Facebook was originally created for college students to rate each other's attractiveness? Now it just rates our sanity!.
• Headline: In Alaska’s Far-Flung Villages, Happiness Is a Cake Mix. Impact: The happiness brought by cake mixes could lead to an international cake-sharing program, where every village in Alaska becomes a hub of bake-offs, eventually resulting in the world’s first Cake Olympics. I can already taste the gold medals!. Fact: Did you know that the first cake mixes were developed in the 1930s? They were so easy that even a caveman could bake...oh wait, wrong ad campaign!.
• Headline: Facebook Faces a New World as Officials Rein In a Wild Web. Impact: As officials rein in the web, we could see the rise of underground internet cafes serving as secret meeting spots for those who dare to surf unfiltered. Think 'Fight Club', but with Wi-Fi.. Fact: Did you know that 'internet freedom' is often just an illusion? Kind of like the 'freedom' you feel when you order a salad but still eat the fries!.