It’s a safe bet that any post starting ‘What the mainstream media won’t tell you’, or words to that effect, will refer to something that has in fact been extensively reported in the ‘MSM’. And so it is here. I’m reproducing this Anonymous meme because a lovely Facebook friend of mine posted it, and it struck me that this is how many lies are spread on social media: scheming ratbags taking advantage of decent people’s better natures. After all, from what Anonymous say about William Kamkwamba he sounds great, so let’s sabotage the media conspiracy of silence by sharing his story.
Sunday, 16 October 2016
How scheming ratbags spread lies on social media
Francis Wheen - here in the Spectator
It’s a safe bet that any post starting ‘What the mainstream media won’t tell you’, or words to that effect, will refer to something that has in fact been extensively reported in the ‘MSM’. And so it is here. I’m reproducing this Anonymous meme because a lovely Facebook friend of mine posted it, and it struck me that this is how many lies are spread on social media: scheming ratbags taking advantage of decent people’s better natures. After all, from what Anonymous say about William Kamkwamba he sounds great, so let’s sabotage the media conspiracy of silence by sharing his story.
It’s a safe bet that any post starting ‘What the mainstream media won’t tell you’, or words to that effect, will refer to something that has in fact been extensively reported in the ‘MSM’. And so it is here. I’m reproducing this Anonymous meme because a lovely Facebook friend of mine posted it, and it struck me that this is how many lies are spread on social media: scheming ratbags taking advantage of decent people’s better natures. After all, from what Anonymous say about William Kamkwamba he sounds great, so let’s sabotage the media conspiracy of silence by sharing his story.
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