Before social media, these kinds of stories would just die. But now they get spread around by friends at work and then develop to the point at which the story gets out of control. A long time ago, the story might reach the boss, who would inquire about it and learn it was baloney.
But now, before the boss can kill it, the story makes the leap to Twitter and Facebook and--boom--it is telegraphed around the world.
So true, but it was "the Boss" who chose to post it out there for all the world to see.