We wouldn't have Star Wars, if not for...........Fake News

I certainly had a moment of, well, I think they might be on to something there.

Quote:Unchecked fake news gave rise to an evil empire in Star Wars

We never see a journalist in “Star Wars.” Not in eight movies and counting.

The galaxy is otherwise rich in professions. There are bartenders, bounty hunters, geneticists, one librarian, medics, moisture farmers, musicians, senators, soldiers and a lady who sells toads out of the sewer. The character who comes closest to an act of journalism, if we're being generous, is a two-headed alien who commentates during a podrace. His sportscast is mostly hackwork, stuff like “It's Skywalker!” and “The crowds are going nuts!” Worse still, he's not very impartial; at the sight of the gangster Jabba the Hutt, both of his heads gargle in apparent fealty.

If there was ever a galaxy far, far away in need of a smart and independent press, you're looking at it.

Unchecked fake news gave rise to an evil empire in Star Wars

(05-04-2017 09:08 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote: