AOL's Story About Terrorist Carhacking Is Fearmongering Bullshit

Here's the scenario: a "14-year-old in Indonesia" sits in front of a laptop, gives an evil laugh and says whatever is Indonesian for 'check this out.' He furiously types on the keyboard, dramatically hits "enter," and then immediately cars start crashing in LA. AOL says this can happen. We say that's bullshit.

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Did the New York Times Magazine Publish a Fake Air Scare Story?

When writer Noah Gallagher Shannon's piece about being on a commercial plane that was "about to crash" due to a landing-gear failure came out in the New York Times Magazine two weeks ago, readers were riveted by a story of every traveler's worst fear come to life.

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The Freep Is Sending Me Mixed Signals On How To Spend My Money

It's hard being a "millenial" in Detroit because we're broke in a broke city. Harder, still, is trying to figure out how best to navigate our brokeness when relying financial advice from our local news.

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Local News Very Obviously Looking For Its Own Charles Ramsey

There's national watercooler talk about Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey, his spirited interviews and whether subjects like him, Sweet Brown and Antoine Dodson are just being exploited by reporters and meme-makers. Detroit's Fox 2 wants in on that action, apparently.

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