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Dave Dempsey

Dave digs the Dirt, webtips, IT-memes and other online geekery. Also as Podcast.

2. 6. 2016 - 12:53

Today's Webtip: Hoax!

The Kernel has an issue dedicated to hoaxes and disinformation.

Are you the type of person who is consistently frustrated by people who post satire as actual news, forward emails with urban legends that they think really happened or just generally can't tell the difference between fact and fiction?

Ever wanted to scream at media outlets that manage to fall for other peoples Zeitungsente? Do you have Snopes on speed-dial? (apparently a left-radical conspiracy financed by the global elite to discredit true patriots and people who know better)

If so, you might enjoy the most recent issue of The Kernel. It includes confessions of a catfish, a portrait of a hoax-killer, and a rather long read about a rather bizarre story around a Syrian blogger that was making headlines a few years ago.

And a wizard. What collection of stories about manufactured reality would be complete without a wizard?

kernelmag.dailydot.com