Thanks to social media , missteps and misinformation get repeated more quickly than ever . Many errors are minor . Singer Chris Brown posted profane tweets after the Grammys , then deleted them . A story about a banker leaving a 1 % restaurant tip went viral before it was revealed a hoax . The same thing happened with an article on how to make money in China that had been written by someone who didn't even live there.
Thanks to social media , missteps and misinformation get repeated more quickly than ever . Singer Chris Brown posted profane tweets after the Grammys , then deleted them . A story about a banker leaving a 1 % restaurant tip went viral before it was revealed a hoax . The same thing happened with an article on how to make money in China that had been written by someone who didn't even live there.