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We Don't Need No Stinkin' Verification
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The video went viral almost immediately, showing a pig rescuing a goat from a pond. News organizations and TV stations around the world latched onto the video. One problem: it was a fake, a promo for a new Comedy Central series. And none of the news organizations made any effort at all to confirm what they were showing. They just took the thing off of YouTube and put it on the air as if it were real. Remember that when journalists get on their high horses about standards on the Internet. They are no different. (New York Times)
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