The fake-news expert recently gave a talk about the misinformation economy at the University of Chicago.
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Trayvon Martin’s parents on their book Rest in Power, Brown Girls premiere, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Metal from Lordi, Joffrey Ballet’s Game Changers, and more happenings from February 13-16
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All Trump all the time is too much Trump
When Trump stumbles, headlines aren’t mandatory.
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You’ll never believe the 11 reasons Clickhole is the Internet’s most brilliant site
In its first year of existence, the Chicago-based Onion spin-off Clickhole has become the smartest, funniest, and most absurd thing on the Internet—precisely by lampooning the Internet’s absurdity. Share if you agree!
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A local guy created a smartphone game that wants you to look up, not down
Cartegram wants to bring urban explorers together.
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Second City E.T.C.’s latest sketch show gives us the apes of laughs
Dark and dystopic it ain’t, but there are plenty of isolated marvels in Second City E.T.C.’s Apes of Wrath.
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Show us your . . . Instagram-famous French bulldog
Manny has his own T-shirt line, and you don’t.
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Toward a more perfect union, pumpkin pie division
This Thanksgiving, consider the pumpkin cream pie
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Romney campaign looks for any port in a storm
Hurricane Sandy’s put it in a tight spot
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Thanks to smartphones, we’re now in the golden age of reading
Chris Hughes (Facebook, the New Republic) has a solution for journalism’s woes, and it’s pretty simple
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Buzzfeed wants you to look cool
What to take away from Buzzfeed’s theory on why people share content online
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Eight delicious photos of cats with fruit
I’m getting sick, and I live alone. Who will bring me vitamin C?
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Three theories why corgis are now running the Internet
On the Internet, corgis are the new cats. Is Buzzfeed just flexing its muscles or are deeper truths being exposed?