(Note: Added a 25th!)

If you are wondering why many folks are getting increasingly skeptical of the corporate media and elite politicians in this era of “fake news,” allow the below visual guide to show you the reasons. Presented with minimal comment:

Exhibit 1) Who wrote the script they are reading (Tweeting) from?

Exhibit 2) So which is it?

Exhibit 3) Childish contradictions

Exhibit 4) One headline away from happy human interest story to unimaginable horror

Exhibit 5) Yesterday: The vote wasn’t rigged! Today: Investigate vote rigging!

Exhibit 6) The election can’t be hacked — until that narrative suits us

Exhibit 7) Race and ethnicity are false social constructs — until that narrative suits us

Exhibit 8) Different markets, different ways to tell you what to think

Exhibit 9) Comey is the good guy — wait, he’s the bad guy! Wait…

Exhibit 10) The Electoral College is fantastic — until it gets The Other Candidate elected

Exhibit 11) It’s white male culture’s fault

Exhibit 12) Manipulating people’s grief is evil, except when we do it

Exhibit 13) Incestuous

Exhibit 14) Bankers & CEOs own your news

Exhibit 15) Hillary glorious, Melania scary

Exhibit 16) A slight edit, to prevent “misunderstandings”

Exhibit 17) Politically-expedient flip flopping

Exhibit 18) Quotation manipulation

Exhibit 19) No longer newsworthy?

Exhibit 20) Hey, Hey, CIA, how many articles did you write today?

Exhibit 21) When a little extra drama is needed, we fake it

Exhibit 22) Words matter

Exhibit 23:) Trust us, it’s true — just not the same truth as before

Exhibit 24) Fake news hurts real people

Exhibit 25) Occupy Wall Street police trap — just one lede away from the Memory Hole

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