A lot has been made about "fake news" lately, and with recent developments in which unstable people falling for outrageous conspiracy theories like #Pizzagate and Sandy Hook trutherism are threatening harm to innocent people, you have to wonder a) where does it stop and b) if people responsible will ever be held accountable for their actions? Like, what's it going to take at this point for Alex Jones to at least be sued for libel? If emphatically insisting to his legions of followers that Hillary Clinton has "personally murdered and chopped up and raped" little children isn't enough, or that the parents of the children murdered at Sandy Hook are actors working on behalf of the government to fabricate a mass-shooting tragedy, what is? This guy isn't a laughing stock anymore, he's a legitimate menace to society. When does a line in the sand finally get drawn? How much longer can Jones be allowed to spew increasingly dangerous lunacy without consequence? Oh by the way your new president and his sons all get news from this guy.
Anyway, below are some things we made for you that we didn't want you to miss. Oh, and here's a song of the day for you: "29 #Strafford APTS" by Bon Iver
-- We theorized that having something spoiled for you can actually make it better.
-- We argued that TV shows set in middle America don't have to lack diversity.
-- We talked to Ben Mendelsohn about playing the villain in the new Star Wars movie.
-- We profiled a maker of stringed instruments, most notably banjos.
-- We kicked off a discussion about likely Oscars winners and losers.
-- We talked to Thomas Haden Church about HBO's Divorce, among other things.
-- We power-ranked the NBA's top teams.
-- We introduced you to some European Christmas markets that will warm your cold, weary soul.
-- We explored Bon Iver's set of shows at an experimental art space in Brooklyn.
-- We explained how #Pizzagate became a thing in part because of the tech industry's aversion to responsibility.
-- We argued that late night could use its own Hunter S. Thompson.
And here are some things you might want/need to know about.
-- US Weekly reports that Kim Kardashian has had enough and wants out of her marriage to Kanye West.
-- Time magazine named Donald Trump its person of the year but it may have trolled him in the photoshoot for it.
-- Burger King has a donut Whopper on the way.
-- A conspiracy theory-inspired Florida women was arrested for threatening the family of a child murdered in the Sandy Hook massacre.
-- A big change may be coming to South Park.
-- Ohio lawmakers passed one hell of regressive abortion bill.
-- Trump nominated Linda McMahon to his cabinet, while also appointing an EPA chief who's suing the EPA.
-- Michelle Obama went to bed early on election night.
-- The mannequin challenge didn't turn out so well for these gun-loving bros.
-- An earthquake in Indonesia killed dozens.
-- Ted Cruz ruined queso for everyone, as only Ted Cruz can do.
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