2015 – Page 208 – Truth or Fiction?

People Getting Cash Back by Using Food Stamp/EBT Cards With Minimum Purchase at Gainesville Publix Store- Fiction!

Miscellaneous / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

This is a forwarded email of an alleged eyewitness account of a transaction by a customer with an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card at Publix Store on Main Street in Gainesville, Florida. The email said that the eyewitness was standing behind the customer in line at the check out counter who purchased a single grape for 2 cents and asked for $24 in change back from the EBT transaction.

Beware of Emailed Faxes Allegedly From eFax Corporation. They Could Result in Malware Infection -Virus!

Computers, Warnings / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

Beware of messages in your in basket that appear to look like official faxes sent through the eFax service. The links to read the faxes could redirect computer users to infecting websites.

Did the CDC ‘Admit Ebola Could Go Airborne’?

Disinformation, Fact Checks, Medical / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

A 2014 outbreak offered a glimpse of how disinformation would be weaponized around other diseases.

Chocolate Laced With Ebola Ships to U.S. -Fiction!

Food / Drink / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

A worker at a candy factory in Africa accidentally exposed a batch of chocolate to Ebola, and it was later shipped to America.

Did an Ebola Vaccine Only Work on White People?

Disinformation, Fact Checks, Medical / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

A “satirical” blog’s 2014 post spread both in the U.S. and abroad.

Eddie Sessions and The Wall Street Journal Size Up Obama-Incorrect Authorship!

Obama, Politics, Terrorism / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

This is a forwarded email that contains a commentary about Barak Obama that was allegedly written by Eddie Session and appeared in the Wall Street Journal.

Economic Stabilaztion Bill Earmarks-Truth! & Unproven!

Politics / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

Earmarks that are in the 2008 Economic Stabilization Bill HR 1424 that have nothing to do with financial recovery. A tax credit earmarked for American Samoa accusing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of adding it in owing to a 2007 minimum wage controversy having to with Pelosi, Starkist, Del Monte and American Samoa.

Ebola is Spreading in the U.S. with a 2nd Confirmed Case-Truth!

Medical, Warnings / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

Rumors that Ebola was spreading in the U.S. and that a second patient had been diagnosed with Ebola swept the Internet after Thomas Duncan, the first person to contract Ebola in the U.S., died on October 8, 2014.

Remembering Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman -Truth!

Government, Space / Aviation / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

The story of a helicopter pilot, Major Ed Freeman, who flew his unarmed Huey into to the battle zone during the Viet Nam War multiple times to supply troops and evacuate wounded personnel after the MediVac helicopters were ordered to stop evacuations. This act of courage earned Major Freeman the Flying Cross and decades later, the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Use Eggs To Treat Burns-Fiction!

Medical, Miscellaneous / By Rich Buhler & Staff / March 17, 2015

A home remedy tip that says using egg whites on burns will produce positive results because they contain collagen, a substance used for treating burns.