Courtesy of Time Magazine:I have chosen this theme for World Communications Day 2018: “The truth will set you free” (Jn 8:32). Fake news and journalism for peace.— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 29, 2017
In a statement on the theme, the Vatican said it "relates to so-called 'fake news', namely baseless information that contributes to generating and nurturing a strong polarisation of opinions. It involves an often misleading distortion of facts, with possible repercussions at the level of individual and collective behaviour."
The 52nd World Day of Social Communications will be on May 13, 2018, and Pope Francis's message will be published on Jan. 24, 2018.
"The Church too wishes to offer a contribution," to the discussion of fake news, the Vatican wrote, "proposing a reflection on the causes, the logic and the consequences of disinformation in the media, and helping to promote professional journalism, which always seeks the truth, and therefore a journalism of peace that promotes understanding between people."
Don;t get me wrong, I appreciate what the Pope is trying to do, but how can he be taken seriously on this topic?
When it comes to fake news there are probably very few books that can really compete with this one.
People are STILL constantly turned against actual facts, and new scientific discovers, based solely on the mythology contained in these pages.
So yes your holiness, fake news is indeed bad.
But that pertains to ALL fake news.
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