"crime is on the rise" is a strange example to give as it's been trending down most places for decades.

So it's a perfect example of, assuming they're not knowingly lying, focusing on random noise in the signal to generate misleading stories

Oban is great, but for most cases you don't need it. In languages with a less good concurrency model we are used to needing some form of library or system to manage "background jobs", but in Elixir you can just spin up some GenServers under a supervisor to do work. Start there and only use Oban if there's some form of consistency/resumability guarantee that you need.

It never worked. Newspapers in the old days frequently printed lies and fake news. They usually got away with it because no one held them accountable.

Except your premise is incorrect.

Kimmel did not repeat rumors, he asserted that the political affiliations were unknown.

edit: He asserted the "MAGA gang" trying to distance themselves from Mr. Robinson, which is true. It does not mean Kimmel views Robinson as "MAGA".

Having had chicken pox twice, and read up on shingles, please get your kids vaccinated. Surviving an infection doesn't make us stronger, at least not at the individual level.