Indeed. I think this also goes to show the low standard of quality of many news sources. The fact that something so preposterous could spread at all without any

Indeed. I think this also goes to show the low standard of quality of many news sources. The fact that something so preposterous could spread at all without any verification is expected from the masses, but when news sources start mentioning them and fail to issue a formal retraction, instead sidestepping the issue, it should cause them to lose a lot of credibility. Unfortunately, in this day and age, many people would rather go to Twitter than to some reputable source for such news and that says a lot in itself.