The thing with Weekly World News is, literally none of it is real. It's all imaginary. And people know that. There's not a single sane person in the US who thinks WWW is a truthful source of news. And I'm not saying "sane" as in "agrees with my point of view" but the literal legal definition of sane. No one with a valid drivers license, who lives on their own without supervision, holds down a steady job, and has responsibilities beyond tying their own shoes believes WWW is news. It's pure entertainment. No one thinks pro wrestling is real either, even though they present it as being real. The "pretend to be real" thing is just part of the entertainment value. It's playing the straight man in a comedy routine.

But my mom, who has a doctorate degree in a medical profession and is a director at a medical organization, firmly believes in everything and anything that's mentioned in a tweet that is aired on CNN. Or posted on Facebook overlaid on a picture of a Minion.