I was expecting the prize to be snapped up in a few days, going by the claims, myths, urban legends and stories I have heard over the years.
pre www, internet, porn was film and magazines.
News was for the most fact-based , and fiction was understood to be fiction.(for the most part...)
Fast forward to today.
Ratings based, "Infotainment" fuck the facts, as long as you get views.
Opinion pieces by talking heads, anchors interviewing each other, speculation passed of as breaking news,
Flat earthers, climate change deniers, people in Dallas waiting for JK and JFK Jnr to show up, insurrection(protest) in DC, anti-Vaxers, the list goes on and on.
We live in a new dark age where the voice of reason has departed, and people believe whoever has the loudest Trumpet(excuse pun).
Is it any surprise that so many people are willing to believe claims without proof?
I am certainly far more happy about myself after 375 pages of this....