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Harrison Ford, a victim of recent internet gossip (US Weekly)
Hollywood has been under a barrage of bad news lately.
Who have we lost?
Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Michael Jackson, Fred Travalena, Billy Mays, and Karl Malden are among the biggest names.
If, however, you're a gullible follower on Twitter of all things celebrity, you probably have your own list of celebrities who have died far removed from the above names listed.
Britney Spears, Jeff Goldblum, Harrison Ford, Miley Cyrus, George Clooney, and, most recently, Rick Astley have all been reported dead.
But as Mark Twain famously wrote: "reports of my demise are premature."
That's exactly what these stars and others are saying today.
Spammers, however, seem unintimidated as they continue to thrive on perpetuating fake news either for fun, for profit, or just to generate chaos on the world wide web.
Perhaps the saddest aspect of the recent wave of fake news, though, is just how quickly social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook are losing credibility.
Although no one should look to Twitter for their primary source for hard news, the potential for obtaining quality mobile news from sites like Twitter has taken a considerably large step backward after months upon months of building a reputation as a relatively credible network for credible information to be shared among the masses.
For now, Twitter is getting all the attention it can handle for being the undisputed king of spam.
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