by Alec Muffett
Misinformation is perennial and human:
From questions in online forums to TikTok Live streamers looking around Parnell Square, there’s been some confusion this evening over Dublin’s Halloween Parade. Unfortunately, people have been left “ghosted” by the phantom parade which seems to have all been part of an ad-revenue scam.
This reminds me of a saying from the ~ 1960’s hippies, “question authority.”
It’s somewhere between “believe everything” and “doubt everything.”
I guess the problem/irony is that adults don’t want to set themselves up for arguments from the young’ins. A needle many people have trouble threading.
And in the background I hear Homer Simpson saying in anguish how “the TV never lies.”
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