Alternative facts. Fake news. Did he say "big league" or ?? ??? ??? ??"bigly"?? Every day offers new and unprecedented shifts in how--and what--information is being distributed to the public.

When it comes to how the media will handle it these days, all bets are off.

Parody Twitter account @FutureCNN hits that media confusion sweet spot: a not-so-distant future where things that once required no debate are suddenly being talked about on a nearly constant basis.

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Ah, a catchy turn of the phrase, or a cultural movement that will define the next four years? Who's to say.

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In a world where we fixate on specific words and phrases because so often statements--even ones that feel weirdly like declarations of war--are being made in 140 characters or less, these debates don't seem so unimaginable.

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In fact, they feel only just slightly removed from reality. But our current reality feels only just slightly removed from the reality of six months ago. At what point should I start to get worried?

Follow up question, what happens when I've been worried every second of every day for many months?

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Cool, let me know when you have an answer.