Message From a Recon Marine on the Front Lines in Afghanistan–Unproven! Summary of eRumor:This is a graphic and expletive-laden message said to be from a Marine writing from the front lines of fighting in Afghanistan. The Truth: We have not found any origin or validation for the message. No identity is given. Some versions …
"Saucy Jack"-A letter from a Marine on the front lines in Afghanistan-Unproven! Read More »
A video of herd of bison running in Yellowstone National Park has gone viral on the Web along with speculation that there may be an eruption of the Yellowstone “super-volcano.”
How various Black male celebrities got used to spread a “somewhat racist” bit of folklore.
The WW II Memorial in Washington DC Edits God out of Roosevelt Quote-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A inscription on the new WW II memorial in Washington DC cites President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous “Day of infamy” quote about the attack of the Japanese on Pearl Harbor in 1941, but leaves out the phrase “So help us …
WWII Memorial revises history in Roosevelt quotation-Fiction! Read More »
An “Action Alert” from the Family Resource Council (FRC) that warns that owing to a recent change in U.S. Navy policy the Walter Reed Medical Center has banned religious items, including Bibles from the facility. The email warns that this ban could also prohibit priest from offering the sacraments of Communion and Last Rites to wounded soldiers at the medical center.
This is a commentary allegedly written by former Congressman Allen West that said the U.S. Military is hiring Chaplains affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Many Uses of Coke in Addition to Drinking It-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: There are several versions of emails circulating on the Internet about Coca-Cola. Some criticize it from a nutritional and health standpoint. Others, such as the one below, depict it as a kind of cleaning fluid that people drink …
Wal-Mart Employees Sometimes Have to Use Their Own Money to Provide an American Flag For Display-Fiction! Summary of eRumor:The message is said to be from a citizen who noticed that there were no flags flying outside of the local Wal-Mart during the patriotically intense days after the terrorist attack on America. That person …
Wal-Mart employees have to buy American flags on their own-Fiction! Read More »
Wheat is toxic because farmers routinely apply Roundup to crops days before harvest to dry down or kill the plants.
A viral email that was allegedly written by a dying 70-year-old African-American veteran attempts to summarize social, cultural and racial divides within society using derisive language.
