Back in the day, the true-false test was a favorite of the under-prepared students.
Sure, some teachers were fiendishly good at wording their statements, almost turning true-false exams into always-sometimes-never examples. But you still had a 50-50 chance at guessing a correct answer. Gentlemen and ladies, reach for your quarters.
True-false beat multiple choice (guess) hands-down and don’t even mention essay tests.
It struck me, as I browsed headlines and caught a few sound bites today, that our current news environment deserves the true-false treatment, if only for the entertainment value of just how absurd the correct answers are.
True or false: Project Veritas has released undercover video of two Johnson & Johnson employees, one a business lead and the other a scientist, strongly advising anyone against getting jabbed with their or any other companies’ COVID-19 vaccines and especially not having kids vaccinated.
Answer: True, not that it will matter in the sea of pro-vaccine misinformation that is the approved narrative. But I put more stock in a couple of interested parties who were being honest in what they thought was an off-the-record conversation.
True or false: An Axios/Ipsos poll has found that the majority of Americans don’t trust the coronavirus information dispensed by Joe Biden.
Answer: True. It wasn’t clear whether the 55 percent who do not trust Biden have doubts due to them thinking he is knowingly fibbing, or whether they believe he’s just suffering another of his senior moments. Regardless, the headline should be that 45 percent are buying Biden’s virus pap despite ample evidence they should not.
True or false: The two members of the Federal Reserve Board who have resigned since their stock trading became public did nothing illegal.
Answer: True. This point was rammed home repeatedly by a former Fed member today on CNBC, but he also admitted there needed to be changes in the rules to avoid this recurring. The larger point is, just because something is legal, doesn’t make it ethical. And when you sit at the table of a group that controls interest rates and, indirectly, the success or failure of investments, playing those markets with your informational advantage looks to be short on ethics.
True or false: General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is being given a pass for two calls to his Chinese counterpart saying he would warn the ChiComs if Donald Trump launched an attack while Trump was president. But there are reports that a former Marine commander who went on social media to demand accountability from military brass for the botched Afghanistan pullout, currently is in military jail.
Answer: True. Incredibly, there is no right or wrong any longer, just make sure you spout the party line of those in charge.
True or false: Even though the photographer who took the photo has disputed the politicized accounts and various other news organizations have discredited the narrative, Clueless Joe Biden, through his mouthpiece Disin-Jenuous Psaki, refuses to admit border patrol agents did not use whips on Haitian immigrants, or even flail at them with horse reins.
Answer: Sadly, pathetically, this is true. How ironic that truth doesn’t intrude in political discourse these days, which makes this ridiculous answer all too true.
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