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  • 2016-08-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Neil DeGrasse Tyson 'Completely Shuts Down' Girl Who Wants to Live on Jupiter (en)
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  • On 23 August 2016, Magic Valley Times-News columnist Neal Larson lambasted celebrity astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson for (among other things) rudely admonishing a 12-year-old girl who expressed a desire to live on Jupiter: Although Larson didn't provide a link to the purported dressing down administered by Tyson, it wasn't difficult to locate the source of his claim — a 1 December 2015 item published by the satirical web site ClickHole describing a purported interaction between an 8-year-old girl and Tyson: The ClickHole piece also included screenshots of what looked to be tweets sent by Tyson: Larson didn't appear to be aware that ClickHole is a satirical site (an offshoot of The Onion) and that none of its content was meant to be taken seriously. Each page bears a disclaimer subtly indicating as much: A lengthy comment appended to the ClickHole article has been attributed to Tyson, but it isn't clear if the remarks were genuinely his. (Tyson did not link to the column on Twitter nor reference it on any platform we were able to locate.) The comment (which, if inauthentic, replicated the astrophysicist's tone quite well) countered: Larson's apparent mistaking of ClickHole for a straightforward popular news outlet wasn't the first instance of (sometimes widespread) confusion over the site's satirical nature. Prior ClickHole items that caused similar consternation on social media included claims George Clooney maintained an open tab at Chipotle through which anyone could obtain free burritos, Beanie Babies were full of spider eggs horrifically hatching after many dormant years, comedian Adam Sandler correctly predicted five tragic events, the Supreme Court ruled cops could no longer engage with members of the public in any manner, Gwyneth Paltrow starved to death after attempting a week-long food stamp challenge, a Texas man underwent a frightening eye enlargement procedure, Johnny Depp enrolled in medical school to save a sick child battling cancer, and Pokemon Go added a feature wherein Pokemon would scream when within a mile of a registered sex offender. (en)
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