EDITORIAL: SOCIAL MEDIA HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND, AND GONE OUT OF COUNTRY.

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We can no longer trust what we read, and it's all because of social media.

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Although our newspaper takes painstaking efforts to source our data, our colleagues have forgotten what it means to be a journalist, and widespread falsehoods are repeated even by reputable publications as fact.

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What is the ultimate source of all this misinformation?

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It's anyone's guess, but I think we need look no further than our largest international trade partner and rival, China.