What is the cost of spreading false information?

We know spreading things that aren’t true can have consequences. At best, they create discomfort or inconvenience. At worst, they can be financially ruinous and harm reputations, spur mental and emotional anguish, damage relationships and erode trust.

It can be difficult to assign a dollar value to the dissemination of information that isn’t factually accurate.

But in one instance involving the Fairway Pines Estates Owners Association, we kno...