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The Anatomy of a Misinformation Disaster

7 pointsby jewbaccaabout 12 years ago

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scdoshiabout 12 years ago
Good job pointing out at least some of the people responsible for propagating the mess. Public shaming might be the best tool to balance out the spread of misinformation. People need to realize that even publishing on the internet has consequences. Hopefully this will make people think for a minute before tweeting / re-tweeting loaded statements mindlessly.<p>The most ironic statement: And then later, he continued, "Journalism students take note: tonight, the best reporting was crowdsourced, digital and done by bystanders. #Watertown."