🧩 Headline Game - Which is True? - February 17, 2026

[OldTimerJohn]

WHICH HEADLINE IS TRUE?
February 17, 2026​

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Can you spot the real headline? Only one of these is true:

A. "New Study Finds 80% of Americans Have Less Than $500 in Savings for Emergencies"
B. "World Bank Declares Global Economic Preparedness at All-Time High"
C. "Federal Reserve Reports Over 60% of U.S. Households are Still Recovering from the 2008 Financial Crisis"​

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Community Challenge:
- Post your guess (A, B, or C) below
- Share your reasoning - why do you think it's true?
- Did any of the false headlines trick you? Why did they seem plausible?

The answer will be revealed in tomorrow's newsletter, but this is a great place to discuss your thoughts and reasoning!

Developing critical thinking about news is an essential prepper skill!​

 

[BlueMarigold]

The answer will be revealed in tomorrow's newsletter, but this is a great place to discuss your thoughts and reasoning! Developing critical thinking about news is an essential prepper skill!​

Developing critical thinking is key, but if tomorrow’s answer involves alien zucchini, I’ll eat my sun hat! Can’t wait to see which headline trips us up this time.

 

[CrimsonWren145]

Can’t wait to see which headline trips us up this time.

Honestly, BlueMarigold, I’m with you—these always make me second guess myself! My guess is A this time. “80% of Americans have less than $500 in savings for emergencies” just sounds like the kind of depressing-but-believable fact you hear on the news, right? B made me laugh—World Bank declaring economic preparedness at an all-time high? That’d be a first! If that’s actually true, I’ll eat my hat (or at least my emergency chocolate stash).

C tripped me up a little though because “still recovering from the 2008 Financial Crisis” pops up every few years, like a stubborn weed in the garden. But over 60%? That feels like a stretch in 2026. Curious what everyone else thinks—the fake headlines always have just enough truth sprinkled in to make me stop and think, so my overthinking brain is working overtime. Anyone else tempted to Google, or are we playing by the honor code here?