General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan Infected with Ebola Misinformation Through Casual Contact with Cable News
CANTON, OH (The Borowitz Report)An Ohio man has become infected with misinformation about the Ebola virus through casual contact with cable news, the Centers for Disease Control has confirmed.
Tracy Klugian, thirty-one, briefly came into contact with alarmist Ebola hearsay during a visit to the Akron-Canton airport, where a CNN report about Ebola was showing on one of the televisions in the airport bar. Mr. Klugian is believed to have been exposed to cable news for no more than ten minutes, but long enough to become infected, a spokesman for the C.D.C. said. Within an hour, he was showing signs of believing that an Ebola outbreak in the United States was inevitable and unstoppable.
Once Klugians condition was apparent, the Ohio man was rushed to a public library and given a seventh-grade biology textbook, at which point he started to stabilize, the spokesman said.
But others exposed to the widening epidemic of Ebola misinformation may not be so lucky. A man in Oklahoma was exposed to Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Fox for over three minutes, the C.D.C. spokesman said gravely. We hope were not too late.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/man-infected-ebola-misinformation-casual-contact-cable-news?utm_source=tny&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=borowitz&mbid=nl_141007_Borowitz&CUST_ID=16449100&spMailingID=7183119&spUserID=NzA5MDgxNTQ3NDAS1&spJobID=540743944&spReportId=NTQwNzQzOTQ0S0
Egnever
(21,506 posts)progressoid
(49,951 posts)And it's an epidemic.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Oh, I'm dying!
Not of Ebola.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)FSogol
(45,452 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)logosoco
(3,208 posts)Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)It's dangerous to listen to Koch addicts in the media or on the campaign stump. Spouting disinformation is a symptom of Koch addiction, and it can spread that way.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)IDemo
(16,926 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)rocktivity
(44,572 posts)Satire is like guitar feedback and automatic weapons: VERY dangerous in the hands of amateurs!
rocktivity
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Always helps to have some good satire around.....