"If
you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read it,
you're misinformed," Washington, the star and director behind the new
film "Fences," told ITK at the Wednesday premiere inside the National
Museum of African American History and Culture."Fences," based on an
award-winning play of the same name, also features Viola Davis and
centers on the life of a black family in 1950s Pittsburgh. It is set to
be released on Christmas.
Washington was the subject of a phony story earlier this year that
falsely claimed he was switching his support of then-Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to GOP White House hopeful Donald
Trump.
One of the effects of "too much information," the 61-year-old Oscar
winner says, is "the need to be first, not even to be true anymore."
"So what a responsibility you all have — to tell the truth," Washington
exclaimed to the pack of reporters gathered on the red carpet.
"In our society, now it's just first — who cares, get it out there. We
don't care who it hurts. We don't care who we destroy. We don't care if
it's true," Washington continued.
"Just say it, sell it. Anything you practice you'll get good at —
including BS."
Denzel
Washington
I think fake news started with the reporting that Romney was going to put people in chains.
ReplyDelete"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read it, you're misinformed," Washington, the star and director behind the new film "Fences," told ITK at the Wednesday premiere inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
ReplyDeleteWe guess nobody felt the need to mention that Mark Twain said it first.
Anne Hedonia & Sam Paku
I think FAKE NEWS began with CBS ca. 1950
ReplyDeleteOr the communist sympathizing NYTimes in the 30's.
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