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Author here.

Both "you"s are aimed at anyone who shared the fabrication. Journalists shouldn't have reported it uncritically, but everyone who hit the share button is culpable.

There's an old proverb - "Who is more foolish; the fool or the fool who follows him?"



Well, I don't disagree but if you expect the general populace to spontaneously develop an immunity to this you'll be waiting a while.





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