The California NAACP asked legislators to send a resolution to Washington to tell Congress ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ has to go as the national anthem – it was the latest political stunt but that story took off like a rocket and landed in newspapers from coast to coast and the headline in the Raleigh newspaper – “National Anthem is racist, California NAACP says” – didn’t look like jousting at windmills: It looked like banning the National Anthem was a political movement sweeping the nation.

Of course, the headline was pure click-bait – but it does help explain why people worry about fake news.