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As Mark Twain said, "It's easier to fool people than to convince them they've been fooled." The ordinary reader fails to fact check or be wary of media bias / distortion. So, the authors of these stories, who are indeed trying to sell more copy, can say almost anything without concern that readers would laugh at their their rubbish.

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David, BTW not sure that link is working properly at the end of your essay...takes me to blogger.com, not a news story. But I would like to see that news story...

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