“What was fake on the Internet this week: Why this is the final column”

“What was fake on the Internet this week: Why this is the final column” 2015-12-22T15:33:44-07:00

 

Pinocchio, in color
An 1883 illustration for “Pinocchio,” by Enrico Mazzanti
(Wikimedia Commons public domain)

 

A reporter who had tried to keep up with, and debunk, fake Internet stories and bogus Web claims gives up:

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/18/what-was-fake-on-the-internet-this-week-why-this-is-the-final-column/

 

As anybody with experience in this area knows, connivers, fanatics, and loons can launch falsehoods far faster than decent, honest, sane people can refute them.

 

Posted from Richmond, Virginia

 

 


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