In September 2011, parents in the Mexican city of Veracruz w…
In September 2011, parents in the Mexican city of Veracruz were terrified to hear that a group of gunmen had attacked a local school. The parents rushed to the school in such a panic that there were over 24 car accidents. The emergency phone system stopped working because so many people called the police. However, when parents finally reached the school, all was quiet. There were no gunmen. Police quickly arrested the two men who had sent out these completely untrue tweets. This example shows that Twitter can be very useful in transmitting news quickly, but that the news may not always be accurate. Choose the claim of this paragraph: