The fake epidemic of fake news

[Wales-Bales]

I cancelled my Times subscription yesterday.

The sarcastic dweeb on the other end of the phone who wouldn't take no for an answer said that in the era of fake news, it is "always important to get some high quality reporting".

They have blatantly trained these customer service people to bring up certain things so as to keep you interested. It used to take 2 minutes cancel. Then they went through a revamp of their website etc.

You should have told him the reason why you were cancelling was to avoid fake news

[LordKenwyne]

You should have told him the reason why you were cancelling was to avoid fake news

I did say that that is the problem and the times isn't know for real news.

But I should have said more.

He was the most annoying customer service worker I have ever experienced.

I said this conversation has been going on for 9 minutes and I really just need it cancelled. He said no, it has been going on for 7 minutes and 43 seconds.

Even though I was staring at 9 minutes on my phone.