On the record
If it pays to spread false news, let us be sure that false news will be spread.
Said by
Harold J. Laski
Source
gutenberg.orgIf it pays to spread false news, let us be sure that false news will be spread.
Laski warns that the incentive to spread false news will lead to its proliferation.
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