French scientist's photo of ‘distant star’ was chorizo
> A photo tweeted by a famous French physicist supposedly of Proxima Centauri by the James Webb Space Telescope was actually a slice of chorizo.> …> Klein told French news outlet Le Point that his intention had been to educate people about fake news onlineWhile I respect the position that people should always check sources, “person famous in their field posts a lie about something well within their field, then tut tuts when people outside their field believe the expert” feels a bit too smug to me.