APRIL 23, 2023

Full News Archive

• Headline: Sacklers Fund Controversial Opioid Advisory Group. Impact: The Sacklers' financial support for opioid policy advice led to a grim future where people started to believe that money could buy public health integrity. This belief eventually spiraled into a world where every financial contribution was viewed with suspicion, giving rise to conspiracy theories about everything from pizza places to moon landings.. Fact: The Sacklers are basically the Kardashians of the pharmaceutical world—infamous and somehow still invited to all the parties..
• Headline: G.O.P. Response to Abortion Ballot Measures. Impact: The G.O.P.'s attempts to keep abortion issues off ballots sparked a national game of political Whac-A-Mole, where every time they tried to hide an issue, it popped up somewhere else, leading to the eventual creation of a new sport called 'Ballot Ball.'. Fact: In the world of politics, losing ballot issues is just like losing a game of Monopoly—everyone just pretends it didn’t happen and vows to cheat harder next time..
• Headline: Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story. Impact: Chinese censorship of Covid-19 data not only muddied the waters of scientific understanding but also led to a future where 'alternative facts' became the go-to for any government facing scrutiny, turning history into a twisted game of telephone.. Fact: If you think censorship is a modern problem, just remember that even the ancient Romans were experts at rewriting history—just ask Julius Caesar about his memoirs!.