Posted on 03/31/2017 1:24:49 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Swedish and Norwegian newspapers announced on Friday that they would refrain from the tradition of publishing April Fools’ Day jokes this year over fears that it might spread “fake news”.
Magnus Karlsson, editor-in-chief at Swedish daily Smålandsposten said on its website that he doesn’t want the newspaper’s brand “to be spread with a potentially viral and erroneous story”.
“We work with real news. Even on April 1st,” he said. […]
In neighboring Norway, the largest media organizations such as public broadcaster NRK, and newspapers Aftenposten, VG and Dagbladet have also abandoned this old tradition. NRK said local newspapers would follow suit.
Øyulf Hjertenes, editor at the local daily Bergens Tidende, told NRK that in a climate where “false news is spreading, it would be a mistake on our part” to publish jokes on April 1. …
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Good. Everybody should ditch it. April Fools Day is stupid.
Depends on the reason. They are still going to push their own fake news while calling it “real news”, but note how they are trying to control people’s emotions now. One of the left’s favorite emotions is hate.
Scharanski pointed out that humor is deadly to totalitarians.
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