DECEMBER 15, 2018

Full News Archive

• Headline: Harvard Economist Investigated for Misconduct. Impact: Roland Fryer's fall from grace triggered a domino effect in academia, leading to a wave of previously silent whistleblowers. This ultimately resulted in the invention of the 'Whistleblower's Guide to Surviving Academia'—a bestseller among professors!. Fact: Did you know that Harvard's motto is 'Veritas'? Apparently, it should also include 'but not if it involves uncomfortable truths.'.
• Headline: Johnson & Johnson's Baby Powder Asbestos Concerns. Impact: The decades-long cover-up of asbestos concerns led to heightened public skepticism about product safety, giving rise to an entire generation of conspiracy theorists convinced that baby powder was secretly a government experiment. Thank you, J&J, for the tinfoil hat industry boom!. Fact: Fun fact: Asbestos and baby powder are now best friends in the conspiracy theory universe—who knew they had so much in common?.
• Headline: The Octomom Has Proved Us All Wrong. Impact: The Octomom's surprising success story sparked a wave of reality TV shows about large families, leading to a cultural obsession with excessive parenting and questionable life choices—thank you, America, for teaching us that chaos is the new normal!. Fact: Did you know that Octomom's kids have officially confirmed that they are now the world's most well-adjusted reality stars? They have a great sense of humor about their upbringing!.