A Kid Pretends To Be Obama — It’s Hilarious. The Message? Not So Much.

Sometimes it takes a group of kids to show us where adults are going horribly wrong. But while you’re giggling at the eight kids in this video, remember: They’ve just taken an issue we often make way too complicated and delivered it straight to us on a silver platter. Now if only we could get…

FACT CHECK TIME! We’re totally on board with the overall message of this vid, but there are a couple of things we want to clarify:


  • The latest United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report indicates that closer to 1 in 9 people in the world are chronically undernourished. Yay progress!
  • The G8 became the G7 in March 2014 when Russia was excluded from the group. Different number, same idea.
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