Tag Archives: Snopes

Misconceptions, Half-Truths, and Lies, Lies, Lies

The internet is a rich source of unverified speculation, baseless rumors and agenda-serving fabrication: no surprise there.  Ever since the widespread of adoption of Web 2.0, commentary, blogs and microblogs reconfigured the web into a vast wiki: user-sourced and generated, … Continue reading

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Embracing Dishonesty With Outsized Enthusiasm

We live in an information society.  Facts fill our days, data fills our screens, millions of answers wait just a 1.3 second long Google search away. So it only makes sense that someone would decide to rebel against all that … Continue reading

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On Twitter, Social Immediacy, and the Recurring Non-Death of Jeff Goldblum

We seem to have hit a rough patch for celebrity deaths this past week: Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and just yesterday, pitchman Billy Mays.  The demise of Michael Jackson in particular captured worldwide interest and led to all sorts of … Continue reading

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