News? Or not?

I found this article interesting - it talks about how lies and half truths get spread as fact:

http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jun11/Herther.shtml

Yonuh
very interesting...

especially
"The fact is that once something makes it to print, it takes on a life of its own. There are countless examples … The point is that error, once mediated, tends to persist"

for print...we must include forums twitters and facebook to established print media.