Don’t Believe Everything You Read
2017:
Trump campaign officials condemn the media.
1631:
An English poet criticizes a new profession: the newspaperman.
December 20, 2025
2017:
Trump campaign officials condemn the media.
1631:
An English poet criticizes a new profession: the newspaperman.
2017:
The Trump administration lies about terrorist attacks.
c. 1517:
Machiavelli assures “fraud is fair in war.”
2016:
Elena Ferrante is unwillingly unmasked.
1847:
A letter from Charlotte Brontë’s nom de plume.
2016:
Donald Trump versus Miss Universe.
1914:
Suffragettes use pageants to make their case.
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