Right, you can basically blog about something, cite the blog, and that will stick, but a public figure can't even present a birth certificate to correct their a

Right, you can basically blog about something, cite the blog, and that will stick, but a public figure can't even present a birth certificate to correct their age, birth date, birth place - they can only try to get the media to cite them correctly. One such person I know found that for some unbeknownst reason, articles opposing him and his ideas tended to mistake his birthplace and date. So you have fact by media scrum, which is dangerous. Also, there's no way that mom can just buy one volume of a 4g tablet at the grocery store each week. ;)