Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Te’o is the Talk

Apparently he doesn't run very fast....

"Stories of love, deception have long been entwined; Te’o’s false romance a story nearly as old as love" by Christopher Muther  |  Globe Staff, January 23, 2013

The idea of making up a story, or believing a lie, in the name of love has deep roots in popular culture....

They made a whole industry out of it. It's called the AmeriKan media.

Romantic con games are as old as cupid’s bow and arrows....

an online dating hoax....

Te’o, whose story of loving a terminally ill young woman who, he says, existed only in cyberspace has become a national fascination, will talk about his misadventures in cyber love to Katie Couric Thursday on her daytime talk show....

Oh, I'm sorry I missed it.

Julie Spira, the author of “The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online,” says, “Often they fall in love on the Internet with genuine people, but the fact is that people are lonely.”

I like reading blogs, and I feel far from lonely.

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Related: Globe Finally Lances the Lies 

Why, what do they time him at?