Well said

"It underscored just how far ahead of his time Mark Twain was when he said a century before the Internet, "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.""

From The New York Times:

OP-ED COLUMNIST: Too Good to Check

This tall tale just had to be repeated. And repeated. And repeated. The facts had to wait till Anderson Cooper checked them out.

http://nyti.ms/cw3LHg