Cracked Archive - News
6 Shocking Reasons You Can't Trust Election Predictions
Sadly, the thoughtlessly simple version of polling we carry around in our brains is not how it truly works.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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15 Statistics That Make The World Less Scary
Spoiler alert: The news likes to distort the truth.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (6/21)
The news often reads like the third movie in a superhero franchise -- the one that always has way too many villains and subplots.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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6 Hilarious Tactics North And South Korea Are Using To Fight
Sixty years is a long time for North and South Korea to think up less deadly but far more insane ways to screw with one another.
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- By Mark Oliver
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (6/14)
The news is a crusade to see if we can still be shocked despite having the same ridiculous insanity happen every other day.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (6/7)
The news can seem like one long advertisement for never going outside.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 16 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (5/31)
The news media is the crying baby seated next to you on the 12-hour plane ride of life.
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- By Ted E., Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (5/24)
Excessive exposure to news media can burn out the circuits in your brain that allow you to give a shit.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (5/17)
The news media is primarily a delivery system for anxiety and impotent rage.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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20 Good Reasons To Never Trust The Media Again
Did you know Steve Jobs died in 2008? No? Good job never watching the news.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (5/10)
The news can sound like a bar full of drunk strangers all loudly trying to tell you about the worst thing that ever happened to them.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (5/3)
The news reads like an encyclopedia of worst-case scenarios.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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6 Dumb Myths People Constantly Believe About Immigration
Whether you have a 'live and let live' approach or you're convinced that every person with a foreign accent is destroying this country from within, you're probably operating under some false assumptions about the issue.
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- By Chasen Shaw, Sahir Doshi
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (4/26)
Watching the news can make you feel like your brain just worked a long shift at a diaper-cleaning service.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (4/19)
Trying to stay current with the news is like getting a job manning Earth's complaint desk.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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- 536
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13 Eyebrow-Arching 'SNL' Hosts
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- By Matt Solomon
14 Overrated Candies (That We Wouldn't Miss)
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- By Shea