Can't handle the truth? Welcome to the world of fake news
Robin Gibson surveys the digital landscape
Now Pokemon Go has fizzled out, the big thing is fake news. People are just making it up. And Facebook publishes it, if you can call Facebook a publisher. It's like calling a lamppost a publisher when someone sticks a missing cat flyer on it.
Look at it: Denzel Washington backing Trump; Supermoon collision fears in Southend; Piers Morgan culling moles with an airgun - who knows what else?
Racing has been infected. Cheltenham had to gainsay a ludicrous story about the track closing down until next year. That was compiled using breakingnews365.net, which is a site enabling you to "prank your friends with fake news . . . what are you waiting for?". Online media is in the realm of the whoopee cushion.
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