Today a Tweet was posted, indicating that Prop 8 (which repeals same sex marriage in the State of California) was overturned. the Tweet was quickly RT (read ReTweeted) by others. Unfortunately for same sex marriage defenders, this is not the case yet. Indeed the 'patient zero' tweet was referring to a LA Times online article of May 16, 2008... A rumor that the rumor (about overturning Prop 8) was wrong started to spread, but the harm was done, and exacerbated by the LA Times itself, which had ReTweeted its own one year old article!
Nevertheless, this hoax, or unfortunate mistake, no one knows, is a good warning against the excessive use of the Internet as a reliable source. We must be careful to what we read and never take what is written for granted. A good booster shot, all things considered.
Get check some more news about Prop 8: Stop8.org
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The weirdest part is that LA Times actually retweeted - that's bad! I think this just is the start of a problem to come. The downside of Twitter is that they don't supply any control organ or any system to delete actual false posts...But it would be rather stupid if they did because the whole point of letting a community talk and listen freely would be wasted!
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