This morning I came across this tweet:
April Fools Day is the one day of the year that people critically evaluate news articles before accepting them as true.
— Nicholas de Wolff (@usdew) March 31, 2016
April 1st is a day on which we expect to get fooled. With that awareness comes an alertness we normally don’t bother switching on. But we should.
We should not accept every bit of information we receive without question. Not all news is neutral and unbiased. Not all news sources are neutral and unbiased.
Switch on.