Unrelated to current events: the origins of the various aphorisms about the relative speed of truth and lies. I really like the earliest formulation they found, by Jonathan Swift: “Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it….”

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/13/truth/?amp=1

Quote Origin: A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes – Quote Investigator®