Viral hoaxes hit the Internet big in Thanksgiving . `` There 's a million-clicks reward for being the first to pick up on it , '' wrote TIME 's James Poniewozik , referring to Elan Gale 's live-tweeting of his Thanksgiving Day airplane `` feud . '' Media analyst : Spreading viral stories fast is big business . The fake `` Diane vs. Elan '' airplane spat captivated four on 2013 . Analyst : `` Sometimes , with these stories , we all want them to be true ''
Viral hoaxes hit the Internet big in Thanksgiving . Media analyst : Spreading viral stories fast is big business . The fake `` Diane vs. Elan '' airplane spat captivated four on 2013 . Analyst : `` Sometimes , with these stories , we all want them to be true ''