CONTENTS

BAD STORY #1

Watergate Was About a Corrupt President

BAD STORY #2

The United States Is a Representative Democracy

BAD STORY #3

Our Grievances Matter More Than Our Vulnerabilities

BAD STORY #4

Economic Anguish Fueled Trumpism

BAD STORY #5

Trump Was a Change Agent

BAD STORY #6

What Amuses Us Can’t Hurt Us

BAD STORY #7

Journalism Would Make a Hero of Me

BAD STORY #8

Nobody Would Vote For a Guy Like That

BAD STORY #9

I Do Get a Lot of Honesty on the Internet

BAD STORY #10

Sports Bring Us Together as a Nation

BAD STORY #11

American Women Will Never Empower a Sexual Predator

BAD STORY #12

Our Court Jesters Will Rescue the Kingdom

BAD STORY #13

There Is No Such Thing as Fair and Balanced

BAD STORY #14

The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy Was Just a Conspiracy

BAD STORY #15

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses

BAD STORY #16

The Cold War Is Over (And We Won!)

ONE FINAL BAD STORY

America Is Incapable of Moral Improvement