Eventually the victims of a hoax catch on, no matter how it's spun - Washington Times

Eventually the victims of a hoax catch on, no matter how it's spun - Washington Times
"People are easily taken in by scientific, literary, financial and political hoaxes, particularly when they want to believe. 
When we search for “truth,” we tend to rely on authority and whether information supplied by the source has been accurate in the past. 
Serious newspapers, magazines, journals and electronic media sources historically took pride in getting the story right. 
Reputations could be destroyed and markets lost when a story was shown to be wrong because of a hoax or carelessness.
Nothing illustrates the decline of serious journalism more than the fact that many of the major media, particularly CNN and MSNBC, have participated (and to some extent continue to participate) in massive hoaxes which would have been easily disproved with basic due diligence.
...The Russia collusion hoax will probably do major damage to those media organizations that did the most to push it. 
There were basic legitimate questions: 

• Did the Russians try to influence the 2016 election? 
• Were they trying to benefit Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton or just make mischief? 

An independent, non-partisan investigation may have been justified. 
But from day one, it was obvious that the goal of the investigation was to get Mr. Trump and not reveal truth.
...No hoax lasts forever. 
Eventually, the victims of the hoax and others catch on, no matter how the purveyors of the misinformation try to spin it. 
One more example. 
Polls show that people are less, rather than more, concerned about global warming. 
The reason is simple: 
Doomsday was oversold by researchers and media people who had a financial interest in the government spending more money on the issue..."
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