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diligence; Think before you click!  St. Marys Journal Argus
editorial  There’s a nasty trend on social media sites that
really came through during the Sandy Hook tragedy in the States:
Individuals who create a fabricated plea for people’s
sympathies, demanding all those who view it to pass it along or
else risk being a bad person. One of the most infamous examples
was a tirade against media coverage of the tragedy attributed to
actor Morgan Freeman. Freeman had to hold a press conference in
order to clarify that he had nothing to do with the Facebook
post.  These kinds of fraudulent publicity stunts are not
limited to the shooting in Connecticut either…in fact, many of
them are far more insidious. Take, for example, any number of
posts that feature a photo of a sickly looking child. The post
claims that Facebook, or another prominent company, has agreed
to pay 45 cents towards the child’s cancer treatment for every
share the post receives. “You’d