Verification Handbook editor Craig Silverman addresses a problem that has becoming even bigger in the age of viral news and social media — confirming (or debunking) a widely disseminated rumor: "One of the easiest ways to avoid becoming part of a chain of dubious propagation is to take a few minutes and search/read closely to see where the claim or rumor originated. Don’t point to a rumor unless you have located the original source and evidence and evaluated it."
March 12, 2015
