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A Fake Expert and a Phony Think Tank Fool Bloggers and the Mainstream News Media
But most of Eisenstadt’s victims have been bloggers, a reflection of the sloppy speed at which any tidbit, no matter how specious, can bounce around the Internet. And they fell for the fake material despite ample warnings online about Eisenstadt, including the work of one blogger who spent months chasing the illusion around cyberspace, trying to debunk it. Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie - via Willie Bido (t)
This is why I so value fact-checking sites, and tend to view blog posts with a grain of salt. However, when I said the last to a newspaper reporter for a major metro paper, he said, "And what makes you think we're any better?" I guess I can only hope!