Bad news travels fast, getting faster.
In these days, it travels at cyber speed. And as we have learned when things travel too close to the speed of light, they can become bent and distorted. It is not news that lies and misinterpretations corrupt the Internet. It is a regular occurrence, one that confounds authorities. Despite the fact that Hilfiger had not, in fact had not even appeared on the Winfrey program, there were incessant mass e-mail messages calling for a boycott of Hilfiger products.