the_dark_lewd on 25 October 2015
mornelithe said:
Yeah, I think the more bizarre the hash tags get, the more skepticism they should be viewed with. People have picked up on the fact that the news simply has no framework for researching whether a hashtag is legitimate or not, and they're more than willing to exploit that lack of understanding. |
Tell me about it. I'm still trying to figure out what was the deal with that clock boy Ahmed a few weeks back. Exact same thing. The media jumped on it and made a snap judgement without looking at the details at all.
