A variation on ‘A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.’ I guess people more easily remember the extraordinary, true or not. Like conspiracy theories, they are more exciting to believe in than not.
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A variation on ‘A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.’
I guess people more easily remember the extraordinary, true or not.
Like conspiracy theories, they are more exciting to believe in than not.