Attitude problem
Sadly, the growing prevalence of the belief that the authorities are lying to us, whenever anything happens has meant that there are a lot of people who will trust rumours and whispers ahead of any factual statement. It's only an extension of the way that people will choose to believe utter crap if it suits them.
All TwitFace and the like do is provide a much more efficient manure spreader.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
