After I embraced my inner troll (thanks to Proudhon) a couple of days ago, it's really opened my eyes to the extent of misinformation everywhere. Even people in prestigous positions parrot the latest FUD without ever checking the original source.
misinformation is one thing. what i have noticed is that people very much overemphasize the importance of FUD. everyone gets their panties in a bunch about it without ever considering that news/FUD are not the only determining factors on price, and may not be important at all.