Ukraine, Russia & the maelstrom on social media

A deluge of information offers little clarity on the conflict

On the afternoon of 9/11, I vividly recall walking with a friend of mine on the streets of Washington, D.C. It was utter chaos—stores closed, cars abandoned, smoke from the Pentagon rising in the distance. My friend, who was a journalism student, stared into the madness and uttered a sentence I will never forget. “This is horrible,” he began, “but as a …