How Machines–and People–Can Combat Fake News – MeriTalk

"A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on." That's a famous quote often attributed to Mark Twain. Except that, like a lot of quotes attributed to Twain, he never said it or wrote it. It's also been attributed to Winston Churchill, but he didn't come up with it either. The same idea in different words also has been credited to Jonathan Swift, C. H. Spurgeon, Thomas Franklin, a Chinese proverb, an Arab proverb, and other sources.