The Gist

Busted: A Gist Productions Parody

Relive the “fake news” media’s greatest mistreatment of the guy who’s just trying to “Make America Great Again.”

A cracked bust represents U.S. President Donald Trump after a presentation during Madrid Fashion Week in Madrid on Sept. 16, 2017.

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On The Gist, how about those Fake News Awards, huh?

Alan Jacobs questions your ability to think for yourself. Can you really rid yourself of your biases, or do you just develop better biases? Are you really any better than your estranged friends at finding answers, or have you just chosen a different group with whom to associate? Jacobs is the author of How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds.

In the Spiel, relive the horrifying 43 minutes during which America thought a just-inaugurated President Donald Trump had removed Martin Luther King Jr.’s sacred bust from the Oval Office.

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