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As I wrote in my last post, I’ve been reading and watching more news thanks to the shut-down, and I’ve come to appreciate Trump’s complaint that the media produces “fake news.” A great example is Trump’s recent touting of Hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for the Chineese / Wuhan / Covid-19 Virus (“the Virus”). After allegedly seeing one of the President’s press conferences, a guy in Arizona took cholorquine. He died, and the media was all over it, giddily reporting that Trump was defying the medical experts, that he was dispensing medical advice, and that the man (an alleged Trump supporter) took Trump’s recommended drug and died. One of my favorite headlines read as follows: “Arizona man dies after attempting to take Trump coronavirus cure.” (You can find a montage of similar news headlines in this video clip.) Now, this was obviously fake news from the get-go. Here’s the top layer: