Cracked Archive - News

The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (1/3/17)
We're not sure how to tell you this, but while you were off having a holiday, the news kept happening. And happening.
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5 Huge (But Underreported) Problems With Trump's Wall
It's our responsibility as Americans to delve into the details of his absurd anti-immigration strategy and expose the utter nonsense of it all.
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- By Justin Crockett
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (12/20/16)
Keeping up with the news is like going to the mall on December 20. It's frantic, you can never find what you're looking for, and there's always someone screaming.
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5 Reasons 2016 Was The Worst Year Ever (That Are BS)
While it might feel as if 2016's suckiness has doomed us all, keep in mind that we've been here many, many times before.
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- By Mark Hill
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Insane Things That Happened This Week (In 2016)
The weekly news cycle is like a fast food restaurant ball pit -- colorful, exciting, and surprisingly full of crap.
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6 Dumb Myths The Media Spreads Every Holiday Season
There's no holiday tradition more universal than bunk news shared by worried grandmas and angry moralists.
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- By Mark Hill
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (12/6/16)
The media seems to exist in some kind of bizarro universe where nothing is canon.
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- By Ted E., Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (11/22/16)
Let's face it: These days, the news is less about information and more about turning people into outrage junkies.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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8 Huge Stories Nobody Paid Attention To In 2016
Or 'everything else big that happened that wasn't a presidential election.'
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- By Nimby Smith
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (11/15/16)
Look, we get it. Between the news' blind spots and the resulting mayhem on social sites, you're probably having media-related trust issues right now.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (11/8/16)
Look, we get it. It takes at least a week to get through the mountain of voter literature that piles up in your mailbox.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (11/1)
Look, we get it. At this point in the election cycle, checking the news is just asking for a migraine.
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- By Ted E., T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (10/25)
Look, we get it. You can either get your Hillary Quinn costume done by Halloween or keep up with the news.
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- By Ted E., T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (10/18)
Keeping up with the news is like sweeping up after a parade made entirely out of elephants drinking espresso.
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- By Ted E., T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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8 Less Known Trump Stories That’d Derail Any Other Campaign
This election cycle has given us plenty, but dig deeper, and there are so, so, so, so many more times when Donald Trump has proven himself to be a festering wart on the genitals of America.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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