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Bloggers must not be allowed to shout 'fire' in crowded buildings

“A lie travels halfway the world before truth has had a chance to put its trousers on...” – Winston Churchill

When British statesman and wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill made the wry comment about the lightening speed of lies versus the slower and more measured movement of truth; bloggers and other pseudo-journalists of today were non-existent.

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