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Showing posts with label Faux news hoax. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Faux news hoax. Show all posts

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Tech Crunch: If It’s On The Internet, It Must Be True

If It’s On The Internet, It Must Be True
by Jon Orlin on Aug 14, 2010
Editor’s note: Jon Orlin is the Production Director for TechCrunch TV
This past week, formerly unknown actressElyse Porterfield fooled millions playing Jenny, the Dry Erase girl, who quit in a clever hoax. Right now, I guarantee other pranksters are dreaming up new schemes to fool you again. And journalists, who at one time were tasked with protecting the public from such lies, no longer have the same power to block them.
The media has reporters and editors in place to prevent hoaxes from going public. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
The Jenny story was a fun, harmless, light story...  
Tech Crunch: If It’s On The Internet, It Must Be True

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