The First “Fake News” Story (or, What the Serpent Would Have Said)

i. The Trump-inspired movement’s misrepresentation of facts is an old human practice. Perhaps the first example – and one we still don’t want to acknowledge – deals with the biblical story of Eve and the serpent. The Genesis text presents a God of dubious moral character. Yet, this God has been sold by three major mainstream religions … Continue reading The First “Fake News” Story (or, What the Serpent Would Have Said)