Sentence examples for online rumor from inspiring English sources

The life of an online rumor can be humiliatingly short.

The sheer joy evident in the fabrication, dissemination and discussion of online rumor is all the proof anyone should need that China's civil society has a bright future.

It was to be expected that the controversial video, published with the title "Collateral Murder," would sustain an online rumor mill, debating society and newsroom, often all at the same time.

Amid a torrent of online rumor, China's state-run Xinhua news agency on Thursday published a terse report confirming that one of China's most famous mob-busting security officials had spent a day at an American consulate.

And after a week as grimly claustrophobic as this one, with its spasms of nihilistic violence, its frantic online rumor mill, its locked-down Boston streets, it seems worth hoping that the human desire for wider horizons — for new worlds to wonder at, reach for and understand — will someday be fulfilled again.

Each hour that passes without word from Tiger Woods about the details of his car crash early Friday morning may prove damaging to his image by allowing an online rumor mill to produce conjecture and opinion, according to experts who advise high-profile athletes and celebrities.

A university student from Beijing, Yueran Zhang, says in a thoughtful essay published Sunday on Tea Leaf Nation that public skepticism and online rumor-swapping have become the new normal in China whenever government officials are confronted with crises.

There have been campaigns against online rumors before.

Ostensibly to curtail online "rumors," they are rounding up and jailing outspoken netizens across the country.

Online rumors have been a real problem, but crackdowns against them can be used for broader goals.

This week, China's highest court and prosecution office issued guidelines for defining and punishing online rumors and slander.