Conspiracy Theories

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We used to all get our news from Walter Cronkite.

The more elaborate of us would grab the newspaper and read it from cover to cover.

Now?

We’re in a mess!

Everyone from Ass Crack Wyoming now knows how to put together a story that seems real. Even the photos are doctored.

This Epstein list deal is mind-numbing. Depending on what side of the fence you’re on…

…that’s who is there and who isn’t.

There’s no way of discerning what is true or who is truly named.

Remember the story about kids identifying as cats so high schools were being forced to put cat litter boxes in the corner so they could pee.

That story went around the world.

Isn’t true.

The insurrection is being rebranded on a daily basis.

It wasn’t peaceful.

We watched it!

Now we doubt what we saw?

Aaron Rodgers started a grand conspiracy this week by talking about the colors of the logo for the Super Bowl.

He claimed that the league is picking the winning teams before the season starts and that they are making the logo with the team colors in it.

Okay, that one might be true.

Just kidding, I guess.

Yet, right now, someone, somewhere is thinking about a rumor they’d like to start…

…hell, there are people specifically hired to write fake stories!

And getting that rumor started is as simple as hitting send on the phone.

They count the lies being told by the political candidates.

Pretty soon it’ll be easier to count the true statements.

We can watch the speech and then the talking head can tell us:

“There were three factual statements uttered.”

Big troubles.

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