Verifying sources has always been important. I recently learned about Stanislov Petrov - he helped prevent a nuclear war in 1983 by ignoring a false alarm repor

Verifying sources has always been important. I recently learned about Stanislov Petrov - he helped prevent a nuclear war in 1983 by ignoring a false alarm reported by Russia's early warning system [0]. The system reported that the USA launched up to six missiles. Fortunately, Russia's stance was that nuclear retaliation requires multiple sources to confirm an attack. Stanislov went against his orders, and declared the attack a false alarm. As was true before the internet, we need to make sure we have reliable sources to trust the news. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov