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There's
a
quote
usually
attributed
to
the
writer
Mark
Twain
that
goes
'A
lie
can
travel
halfway
around
the
world
While
the
truth
is
putting
on
its
shoes'
Funny
thing
about
that
There's
reason
to
doubt
that
Mark
Twain
ever
said
this
at
all
Thus
ironically
proving
the
point
And
today
the
quote
whoever
said
it
is
truer
than
ever
before
In
previous
decades
most
media
with
global
reach
Consisted
of
several
major
newspapers
and
networks
Which
had
the
resources
to
gather
information
directly
Outlets
like
Reuters
and
the
Associated
Press
That
aggregate
or
rereport
stories
were
relatively
rare
Compared
to
today
The
speed
with
which
information
spreads
now
Has
created
the
ideal
conditions
for
a
phenomenon
known
As
circular
reporting
This
is
when
publication
A
publishes
misinformation
Publication
B
reprints
it
And
publication
A
then
cites
B
as
the
source
for
the
information
It's
also
considered
a
form
of
circular
reporting
When
multiple
publications
Report
on
the
same
initial
piece
of
false
information
Which
then
appears
to
another
author
As
having
been
verified
by
multiple
sources
For
instance
the
1998
publication
of
a
single
pseudoscientific
paper
Arguing
that
routine
vaccination
of
children
causes
autism
Inspired
an
entire
antivaccination
movement
Despite
the
fact
that
the
original
paper
has
repeatedly
been
discredited
By
the
scientific
community
Deliberately
unvaccinated
children
are
now
Contracting
contagious
diseases
That
had
been
virtually
eradicated
in
the
United
States
With
some
infections
proving
fatal
In
a
slightly
less
dire
example
Satirical
articles
that
are
formatted
to
resemble
real
ones
Can
also
be
picked
up
by
outlets
not
in
on
the
joke
For
example
a
joke
article
in
the
reputable
British
Medical
Journal
entitled
'Energy
Expenditure
in
Adolescents
Playing
New
Generation
Computer
Games'
Has
been
referenced
in
serious
science
publications
over
400
times
User-generated
content
such
as
wikis
Are
also
a
common
contributer
to
circular
reporting
As
more
writers
come
to
rely
on
such
pages
for
quick
information
An
unverified
fact
in
a
wiki
page
can
make
its
way
Into
a
published
article
That
may
later
be
added
as
a
citation
For
the
very
same
wiki
information
Making
it
much
harder
to
debunk
Recent
advances
in
communication
technology
Have
had
immeasurable
benefits
In
breaking
down
the
barriers
between
information
and
people
But
our
desire
for
quick
answers
May
overpower
the
desire
to
be
certain
of
their
validity
And
when
this
bias
can
be
multiplied
by
billions
Of
people
around
the
world
Nearly
instantaneously
more
caution
is
in
order
Avoiding
sensationalist
media
Searching
for
criticisms
of
suspicious
information
And
tracing
the
original
source
of
a
report
can
help
slow
down
a
lie
Giving
the
truth
more
time
to
put
on
its
shoes