Since it was launched more than a decade ago,Twitter has become the world’s premier source for breaking news. No other source can allow people to follow the news as it happens in the same way as Twitter. However, there is a drawback to the social media service’s free-flowing style of telling a story.
Notorious “fake news” can often build its way to the top of the trending topic lists with unconfirmed rumors spreading like a game of telephone, or with many major respected sources ending up with egg on their face as they chase breaking news. The most common example of this is the constant flow of fake death stories,which has included a variety of figures from Avril Lavigne to Florida Senator Bill Nelson. However, none seem to be the focus of this more than Alan Greenspan, or the American economist who previously served as the Chair of the Federal Reserve,who has been killed by Twitter no less than four times since 2014.
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Source: inquisitr.com