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Old 10-31-2007, 04:28 PM
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Ah. Didn't know anyone actually took that seriously. I guess besides the affionados of those sites who I don't take seriously. You have one site posting a demostrably false rumor. Another site picks up on it and even backs off. Then a third site posts a vague rumor. And a fourth site uses those three sites to invent something out of thin air. Then you look at the comments section and see it will metamorph again. And of course these sites then use each other to "verify" each other creating a feedback loop where their own responses to each other fool gullible readers into thinking there is either breaking news or at the very least confirmation. Like a big game of telephone.

It is rare that anyone is caught so redhanded being false and you can actually see the exageration and falsehood grow before your eyes with a paper trail right in front of you.

But I do see how someone not seeing the "game" that is being played might not realize what is going on.
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