It’s all the rage to talk about right now– “fake news.” What’s so crazy is that people tend to think that it’s a new thing. Oh, no. It’s been happening for a
very long time, only it’s been historically called by different names: “yellow journalism,” “communist propaganda,” “disinformation,” “media hack,” and more recently “digital deception.”
As soon as Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1439, “fake news” became a staple commodity in selling papers. Some would print almost anything to increase circulation and readership. In 1835, The Sun (a small, struggling news outlet in New York City) began printing fake stories about an alien civilization on the moon, even presenting scientific facts and multiple endorsements from well-respected scientific communities as proof. It was all a lie, but it established The Sun as a leading, profitable New York morning newspaper. Later it all became known as “The Great Moon Hoax,” but The Sun remained a major news outlet until 1950! For 115 years The Sun laughed all the way to the bank!
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As a pastor, I am often called upon to conduct funeral services for members of our church family or for extended members of their families. Every once in a while, I get a phone call from a local funeral home about a family who has no pastor, and am given the opportunity to come and minister to them. It’s something I welcome, and know that it might be a divine appointment for a grieving family to hear about God’s love for them.
