SOCC03H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Urban Legend, Rob Ford, The Casket Lottery
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Canadian centre for ethics in sport a hotline to report doping. Anonymously call in or online to report info on. This is gossiping of anything you see or you have heard. By definition, hearsay is the legal definition of gossiping reporting what a 3rd person said. Hearsay a way for gossip to be framed by court, largely inadmissible when providing evidence i. e. rob ford originated from a mass of rumors and gossip, and transitioning between each other. Rumor in particular, defined by factual, of him smoking crack from a picture. Until he comes out and admits it, just gives rise to a new wave of gossip and rumors. Images become more and more powerful in this world, at the same speed as we understand that images can evolve and be manipulated: paradox have increased power but also increased doubt. Before it was poisonous candies, or candy with razor blades and such. Now there is a range of controversies around costumes.
