Sunday, 22 October 2017

How fiction becomes a fact in social media’s daily grind


NEW YORK: Hours after the Las Vegas massacre, Travis McKinney’s Facebook feed was hit with a scattershot of conspiracy theories. The police were lying. There were multiple shooters in the hotel, not just one. The sheriff was covering for casino owners to preserve their business.

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