Saturday, January 12, 2013

Why was phony murder-suicide story published?

This story about a phony murder and suicide focuses on the lightning nature of the social media at transmitting stuff that isn't true. That's real, but the angle is a side issue. Anyone interested in how the media (social and otherwise) really works might ask why the fabrication was published at all when police said they knew nothing of it. In fact, social media didn't really latch onto this tale, if this report is accurate, until it was published in the local Korean language daily. You be the judge.  Toronto Star

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