Margarine or Butter-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A list of comparative facts about margarine and butter. The Truth: The heart of this eRumor, the comparison between butter and Margarine, has been circulating since 2005. Later versions added the tidbit about Margarine being manufactured to fatten turkeys. We’ll go through the email one fact at …
This is a forwarded email with a link to a YouTube video that instructs viewers on how to extend the radio range of their car key remote. The tip is to touch the key to the head.
Reports have surfaced on the Internet that Mike Brown, the 18-year-old who was shot by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer on August 9, 2014, had amassed a juvenile criminal record before the fatal altercation.
The “CA-125” Cancer Screening Test Is The Best Way To Detect Ovarian Cancer–Fiction! Summary eRumor: This is the first-hand account of a woman who says she was eventually diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but laments that she wasn’t given a “CA-125” medical test earlier than when she got it. She urges women to get the test annually …
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This is the story of U.S Army Lt. Col. Sherwood Baker who visited Rochester Adams High School in Rochester Hills, Mi. to clear up an issue with his daughter’s class schedule, but was not allowed on campus because he was in a military uniform.
This is a forwarded email that alleges former President Bill Clinton was a draft dodger and was the first pardoned federal felon ever to serve as President of the United States.
A conspiracy theory-driven YouTube channel twisted the health agency’s statement into false content.
There are various rumors surrounding the events of the terrorist attack at the March 15, 2013 Marathon in Boston, MA.
A false claim about the big shopping day spread further amid a real campaign for human rights.
This is a forward email with a link to a YouTube video that shows a group of people protesting at a Texaco gas station in Bogalusa, Louisiana. The narrator of the video claims that the owner, a Muslim, refused to serve a uniformed member of the U.S. Military and this video gone viral on the Internet. The narrator does not hold back and his video is full of racial slurs against Muslims.
