Takeover

[Fulham Fallout]

Ever since the internet came into prominence some weird people have got a kick out of spreading misinformation.

It's either attention seekers or fans of other clubs who get a kick out of seeing the reaction from supporters.

With all news, get it from reliable sources.

That's nonsense, it's exactly the same as someone down the pub spreading gossip to make themselves feel important. It's been going on since the dawn of time.

Talking shite has been going on since man could talk, but the difference is the man in the pub had no clout and probably a reputation of being a bullshitter by those who got to know him.

Now though, it's so easy for that man in the pub to mask himself as an ITK big wig on social media.

Trouble is many people cannot see that and take rumours on Facebook etc as if the BBC had investigated and announced it. Misinformation spreads far quicker than Dave in the pub sounding off 30 years ago.

This is absolutely the case. The amplification of a single person's views via social media to often uncritical readers has created a world most appropriately described as 'post-truth'. It's the world exploited relentlessly by unscrupulous politicians and propagandists.

Meanwhile in Russia, a match set alight an oil depot and the Russian population believe it.