All the news that's unfit.

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Drew Curtis, 34, is the editor of the hugely popular (and hugely funny) news aggregator and community website Fark.com, which focuses on the curious, the dubious, and the bizarre. He is also the author of the recently released book It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News (Gotham). We Drew Curtis asked him to list three of the stupidest media-induced panics in recent memory:

1 Fogies on Drugs: "A study came out that said that drug use amongst senior citizens recently skyrocketed. And it's true, it has. But the media guys were implying that everybody at these senior citizens' homes had suddenly picked up a crack pipe. It turns out those guys were giant hippies and were casual users all their lives--they're just getting old."

2 Bird Flu Panic: "I'm not saying that you shouldn't keep an eye on bird flu, but there hasn't been a...