Ultimately people will believe what they want to hear based on a set of
influencing factors which have nothing to do with expertise or truth. More to do with who says it.
There now, Mr. Murphy! Take a little comfort. The ranks of
"who says it" seem to be thinning a bit. One charlatan is dead and another may soon be dead, if he gets caught by those looking for his sorry (fiddle stealing) hide. And yet another, we learn, has not the first drop of blood relation to his "illustrious and esteemed" fiddle dealing ancestors. Also we can learn that a certain "most respected" of all the fiddle traders (who ever lived) is now usurping (quite valid) Hill certificates. Fancy that!
