What is the truth and what is fake news. If someone tells you something in confidence, then publicly says the opposite, do you betray his trust or reveal the truth for the greater good?
The press has been criticized for inventing stories, but don't those in the public arena manipulate news by picking sympathetic reporters?
Noted flash fiction author Joe Del Priore was caught on camera creating pornographic figures out of quick drying clay. He claimed he was experimenting with form. Is he lying? Or is this his own naked truth? Either way, the controversy has caused a surge in his book sales. Plus, his figures may be shown at MOMA in the spring.
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