Gossip Cop Getting Tired of Death Hoax Gymnastics
September 11th, 2009
Earlier this week, ghastly rumors circulated that Matt Damon had been found dead. They weren’t true, of course. We decided at the time to ignore the story because celebrity death hoaxes have become sadly common this summer and commenting on them – even to prove them wrong – seems to add fuel to the fire.
But this morning Gossip Cop saw something on Twitter that captures precisely what makes these rumors so dangerous.
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