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D9u on April 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Breaking News is broken

...I’m choosing not to mention his name here, that’s not going to accomplish very much—it’s already been stained.

How about, instead of your current headline, you put his name in your headline, along with the words, "HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!"

dredmorbius on April 20, 2013 [–]

Studies suggest that trying to correct myths and errors in this way tends to backfire. I did correct posts I'd already made tying the Brown student to the bombers.

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