As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following status being shared by author, Joel Lord, and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…
My Commentary: The spin doctors are much too busy fact-checking an event that’s happening in real-time, based on a technical definition of what qualifies as a “Guinness Book of World Records” event…
Of course, this is after they decided it wasn’t “newsworthy” enough to report upon, if the first place.
Here’s a quote from a fake fact-check I received, earlier today…
“In order for an event to be considered as record-breaking, an official application must be submitted to the organization beforehand, and a specific protocol must be followed, according to Guinness.”
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