Cracked Archive - News

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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The 12 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (10-11)
Some weeks the news cycle is like a runaway train made entirely out of clown cars.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (10/4)
While you're busy packing your bags for that shuttle to Mars, news happens.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (9/27)
Look, we get it. Once you find out that your patronus is a three-legged alley cat, it's hard to get motivated to check on the news.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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6 Reasons Breitbart Is The Most Batsh!t Crazy Website Ever
Breitbart makes Fox News look like the BBC.
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- By Jim Avery
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (9/20)
It's getting so you can't check the news without your smart phone bursting into flames.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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