It all started when Reuters published a story about the positive cognitive effects of bad moods. Too bad the “study” doesn’t exist and neither does the journal it reportedly comes from, says science blogger Michael Slezak.
Media hoax
Hoaxes: sometimes we lie in wait for them
Chastising the media for reporting the balloon boy story in the US or attacking the guerrilla tourism marketing campaign involving a fake Danish single mother won’t prevent hoaxes such as these from occurring, writes Simon Caterson.
Why we’re all to blame for Balloon Boy
It’s now well-established that the whole “Balloon Boy” saga was a big con by father Richard Heene. But we’re all to blame for giving this story, and stories like this, oxygen, says Foster Kamer.
