Rumors must be squashed

Rumors become powerful, roaming creatures seeking to gobble up the attention of others with distorted, blinding untruths and they can only be set straight with the facts.

But how do rumors germinate and grow into such unwieldy things? How do they spread so quickly?

Social media is the fiery coal making the rumor machine huff and puff all the way and its appetite is voracious.

Everyone is an “authorit…