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Couple of quick followups on yesterday's thoughts. On firm, healthy scepticism: the hoaxer who planted a fake quote on Wikipedia and watched as newspapers reproduced it unquestioningly, remarked: "...once anything is printed enough times in the media without challenge, it becomes fact." (At least, I assume he said that.) On cyberbullying, a researcher says of social networking: "the connection and friendship network that the kids identified were the things that were often protecting against bullying." Much as IRL, of course; bullies seek to isolate their targets and convince them that no-one likes them, but a bullying target with friends to support them is in a better position to resist.