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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)
As I read this piece, I could remember hearing some of these fabricated "facts" being reported on the news. They seemed so credible and fit so well into the stories AND respected media outlets were reporting them. So, they had to be true, right? A very timely cautionary tale about thoroughly checking facts and sources.