> usually no smoke without a fire is pretty good thumb-rule about these things
No, that's exactly the reason why trial by Twitter shouldn't be done, you don't know what actually happened.
No, that's exactly the reason why trial by Twitter shouldn't be done, you don't know what actually happened.
This is actual human beings approaching legitimate newspapers with fact checking departments and legal departments and risks of defamation lawsuits, providing their stories and attaching their names to it.
Everyone of the entities involved are at risk of being sued for defamation if they are lying in this situation. The fact that people can’t tell the difference between Twitter BS and actual news claims is a true indictment of modern society.
The age of clickbait has reduced these to a farce. I've seen fact-checks that were blatantly false.
There are no reputable papers anymore.