[mschuster91]

True about the "it's not as simple" point - but why did the people call the water department first instead of a quick Googling of the term?

I mean, it should be widely known that US news organizations often have a massive bias cough Fox News cough, so it should be the first thing to do to do at least a bit of fact checking.

[visakanv]

"If people Googled before believing what they see or hear, I wouldn't have so many quotes misattributed to me." - Albert Einstein