http://phanfare.disqus.com/Views from Phanfare, Photo and Video sharing for the iPhoneenFri, 11 Sep 2009 22:17:56 -0000http://blog.phanfare.com/2009/09/techcrunch-fooled-by-facebook-into-posting-a-false-story-about-facebook/#comment-16463410"Maybe it does not matter; maybe first-party fact checking is replaced by the immediacy of online media. That the story only really lived for a few hours and hit much earlier than it would if it had been carefully confirmed may be good enough." <br> <br>Not for the lawyers. Transient damage is damage nonetheless. Information purveyed (for Google AdSense profit or otherwise) requires accuracy to be exempt from potential liability. <br> <br>There is growing jurisprudence holding distributors of factually incorrect and potentially damaging information liable for losses or damages caused by their lack of fact-checking. Give it a decade more and we'll be paying for substantial editing again. That or another Great Depression. <br> <br>Now, why was AIG bailed out exactly? What were the facts?tslowFri, 11 Sep 2009 22:17:56 -0000http://blog.phanfare.com/2009/09/techcrunch-fooled-by-facebook-into-posting-a-false-story-about-facebook/#comment-16433294Fixed. A professional journalist, I am not ;-)erlichsonFri, 11 Sep 2009 14:17:20 -0000http://blog.phanfare.com/2009/09/techcrunch-fooled-by-facebook-into-posting-a-false-story-about-facebook/#comment-16433070Hi, <br> <br>You might want to check the first word of your article. <br> <br>netkaosFri, 11 Sep 2009 14:12:59 -0000