Fake

He had been suffering from the growing amount of fake news for some time.

He simply couldn’t tell what news was fake and what news was real. The proliferation of so many media sources coming up with false or misleading information was causing him to suffer mentally. He felt that trusting these false stories could easily lead people, including himself, to make decisions that could cause harm. He was aware that both his physical and mental health had been going downhill for some time. It was because of all of this that he walked halfway across a very long and extremely high bridge. Once there, he climbed over the metal rail that was a safety barrier and stood on the narrow concrete ledge, looking down into the deepest part of the river. He began to scream about how he couldn’t take it anymore.

Cars began to stop, with people getting out to find out what he was saying. Before too long, the centre of the bridge was clogged with cars and people swarming around. They were using their mobile phones to tell others about what was going on. For some time, they were gathered there, listening to him rant and rave about fake news and what it had done to him.

Somewhere in the crowd a man called out something about the truth. This caught his attention and he quickly stopped screaming his message of despair. He turned his head enough to see the man push his way through the crowd and come right up to the barrier.

The crowd went quiet while the stranger spoke softly to the man on the ledge, who suddenly raised his voice, asking, “Hang on, did you say you were a reporter?”

“Yes,” came the reply, “I’ll tell your story for you.”

He jumped

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