Larry Greenemeier’s article “You Can’t Handle the Truth–At Least on Twitter” unpacks the uncontrollable spread of false information in the digital era. Automated bots have entered into the communication games, and we are often driven to blame them when online information is false or defamatory. In reality, Greenemeier argues, we should blame ourselves. False information is “on average about 70 percent more likely to be retweeted” than factual information, but “bots did not significantly favor one type of news over the other” (Greenemeier). Consumers are drawn to fake news because “it plays on salacious or controversial elements”; therefore, companies gravitate towards it because it attracts “the most eyeballs” (Greenemeier). Moreover, MIT researchers
