While You Were Offline: Maybe Joseph Fiennes Playing Michael Jackson Wasn’t the Best Idea

As if to prove that this year is going to be a fun-packed thrill ride, the second week of 2017 has brought us closer to the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and the announcement of the Nintendo Switch. But those are still mere appetizers to the week's main events. What has the World Wide Web been up to over the past seven days while you've been trying to dig yourself out from under the snow, both metaphorically and literally? Why, press on, dear reader. These are the highlights of the last seven days' online chatter.

What Happened: Yes, this was the week where reality apparently thought to itself, "What if it's like The Manchurian Candidate, but with added fetish appeal?"Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reportsWhat Really Happened: Where to start with this particular story? Let's begin with the CNN report from the start of this week that claimed that both President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump had been briefed by intelligence services that, not only had Russia influenced last year's presidential election in favor of Trump, but that Russian agents also had "compromising personal and financial information" about the incoming commander in chief. That's kind of a big deal, right? Twitter certainly thought so.

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