A real-life Black Mirror moment, How a joke evolved into news
Alia | April 14th, 2012 - 8:55 pm
The “fear of touch” quote regarding the censored nudity scenes in Titanic 3D, which was believed to be from a reliable news source at the time of writing the blog post, was verified as a joke by an offended Chinese netizen. Below is a letter from 豆瓣逗你妹, who originated the fake news, explaining how his joke evolved into news.
