The sky is falling...uh...on second thought...

[the_archfiend]

Remember a certain short-lived story from a few days ago about the alleged discovery of a collection of dismembered bodies in Texas? This is what happens when a practitioner of screamingly inaccurate woo (in this case, a self-proclaimed "psychic") manages to convince local cops of a complete lie and local and national media blither along without properly fact-checking it first. The story even got as far as an Australian news broadcast before it was debunked. The point? Credulity is truly international. And credulity from people who should know better than this is just as widespread.