An election year is a shit blizzard. Every place you go for news online -- whether it's portal sites like Reddit, or aggregators like Google News or Yahoo! News or RealClearPolitics, or goddamned clips from late night talk shows -- they're all about to get buried under a brown storm of bullshit inflammatory headlines desperate for your click.
This turdstorm of pointless click-bait filler is a problem for anyone who wants to be an informed voter. To learn anything useful, you need to be able to sort through all of the garbage to find the actual information and insight. So let me just tell you right now that you can safely ignore any story if ...
#5. The Headline Contains the Word "Gaffe"
#4. The Headline Ends in a Question Mark
#3. The Headline Contains the Word "Blasts"
#2. The Headline Is About a "Lawmaker" Saying Something Stupid
#1. The Headline Includes the Phrase "Blow To"
more informed hilarity at the link:
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-to-spot-b.s.-political-story-in-under-10-seco...
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