FAKE SMSgov site repeating fake stories
The FAKE SMS site posted a story today about the Wall Street Journal saying that it RECENTLY said, “…having a toll-free number is quite cheap these days when you consider the benefits it can offer a fledgling business. Making it easier for prospective customers to call — and to remember what to dial — will only boost call volume, and your sales potential.” The Wall Street Journal also stated “Studies have found that toll-free numbers used in advertising produce many more calls than standard phone numbers.”
That sounds nice, and what they’re saying may be correct, but the Wall Street Journal didn’t say that, at least according to Google they didn’t recently. Doing a Google search on the WSJ site site:online.wsj.com “toll free” brings up a number of feeds and articles that mention the word toll free, mostly next to a company’s toll free number. Adding the word “fledgling” narrows it down to one article about climate change. And searching for a whole phrase from their quote anywhere on the web pulls up nothing but their site and one or two more websites where they apparently got the quote without bothering to check anything and decided to pass it off as current news.
I guess the bottom line is that if you make up a fake organization and hide your identity, you really can make up anything you want and don’t have to worry about the facts or the truth in anything you write. Just keep on repeating things like “experts agree” with your fake stories and it makes you look like you know what you’re talking about. I guess the difference is that we’re real people, we’re available and accountable. I care too much to just pull stuff off the web and post it as new news just to make a new post.
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