[ NNSquad ] The Morgan Freeman Viral Newtown Quote Was a Fake [+freedom of information]

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

The Morgan Freeman Viral Newtown Quote Was a Fake [+freedom of information]

http://j.mp/TWlSHc  (Atlantic)

    "Speaking through his publicist, Freeman denied making any statement
     regarding the shootings. "He said the actor's camp was trying to
     determine the origin of the hoax statement," reported The Wrap's Todd
     Cunningham. If you were on Facebook or Twitter over the past two days,
     you probably saw some permutation of this meme being shared ..."

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Not only was the viral quote attributed to Morgan false, but I will
add that in the 21st century, attempting to suppress information in
such a manner can only attract more attention, and is technically
impossible as well.

--Lauren--
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