I'm not sure I understand your No need to panic comment Flor.
I took the poster's meaning to be informative, the mall was closed (which it isn't obviously) - so where's the panic even if this rumor was true - panic I can't go to a mall, panic I can't buy an overpriced coffee in a second rate coffee shop?
Will people flood the streets because 3 malls are closed? Will they starve? Will they run amok?
That said, yes, the information should have been confirmed before being disseminated, but I don't see (even incorrectly) stating a shopping centre is closed as spreading panic amongst the masses (unless someone has a large sum of money literally burning a hole in their pocketbook).
I'm not sure I understand your No need to panic comment Flor.
I took the poster's meaning to be informative, the mall was closed (which it isn't obviously) - so where's the panic even if this rumor was true - panic I can't go to a mall, panic I can't buy an overpriced coffee in a second rate coffee shop?
Will people flood the streets because 3 malls are closed? Will they starve? Will they run amok?
That said, yes, the information should have been confirmed before being disseminated, but I don't see (even incorrectly) stating a shopping centre is closed as spreading panic amongst the masses (unless someone has a large sum of money literally burning a hole in their pocketbook).