We really don't need Twitter to spread false information and have a non-trivial fraction of the population believe it wholesale: What about Obama's birth certif

We really don't need Twitter to spread false information and have a non-trivial fraction of the population believe it wholesale: What about Obama's birth certificate? I heard he was a muslim. You know he hates the United States...etc. I think that the reaction of the author here is more of a reaction to new technology than an observation of a new phenomenon. The classic game of "telephone" is as old as humanity itself.