Internet Hoax Articles Considered Harmful

Declan McCullagh declan at well.com
Mon Oct 8 05:44:14 PDT 2001


On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 11:54:50PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
> PHILADELPHIA, Pennyslvania (AP) - Homeland Defense Secretary Tom Ridge 
> said Sunday that the U.S. faces a serious and expanding threat from 
> fraudulent Internet articles, or hoaxes.

Almost. The most obvious sign that this is a hoax is your inclusion
of the state in the dateline. For major cities, it's usually not included.

-Declan





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