Stranger Than Non-Fiction

A few weeks ago somewhere on the Internet, I saw someone say that the folks on Fox & Friends had referred to Fred Rogers (AKA Mr. Rogers of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood) as an "evil, evil man." Swear to God, I thought it was a joke…like the people on that show are so screwed-up, they'd say something that ridiculous. Then I saw it somewhere else and thought the same thing…and you can guess where this is going.

Earlier today, I saw a mention of it on yet another page, clearly from someone who didn't get that it was a joke and they hadn't really said that on Fox & Friends. Then, just to satisfy myself it was from some parody site or somewhere, I went over to Snopes and did a search and…yeah, they said that. I plum forget we're living in an age where Satire can't always get ahead of Reality.