A forwarded email that appears to be a press release that says that the Pentagon has created an openly gay military unit in response to President Obama’s directive to end the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The press release says that the Pentagon plans to call the unit The 69th Fighting Sodomites” and include changes to uniforms and dorm equipment.
This is a forwarded email that appears to be an authentic news story that alleged that Pope Francis has requested that Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling write a new version of the Holy Bible.
Three Sheriff’s Deputies Beheaded Near the Border in San Diego County, California-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The forwarded email says there is a media cover-up of the decapitation of three Sheriff’s deputies in San Diego County, California. The facts came to light during testimony at a Congressional hearing on Border Vulnerability. The Truth: This eRumor …
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A forwarded email about a number of bills passed in the state of Oklahoma. The email says that the state voted to approve the display the Ten Commandments near the state capitol and a recent bill will allow law enforcement to deport criminals that are caught in the state and are in the country without permission. Another law passed that will allow law enforcement to collect DNA samples from criminals and illegal aliens for the national database. The email also says that the state recently passed laws to declare its sovereignty and to uphold the right to bear arms and transport them in vehicles.
eRumor with attached video from the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund claiming that Alaska Governor promotes hunting from aircraft of Wolves and Bears. The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund website claims that Governor Sarah Palin used a loophole in the Federal Airborne Hunting Act to “allow private wolf killers to shoot down wolves using aircraft.”
This is a letter about Angelina Jolie that was allegedly written by Brad Pitt.
Passionate letter from an Australian father named Peter Turner who praises America and American soldiers.
This is a message posted on Facebook alleging that drinking water that after okra has soaked in it overnight will make the symptoms of diabetes disappear and the diabetes sufferer will never have to take insulin again.
This is an alleged quotation from the Czech Republic about President Obama’s election. Some say it appeared in an editorial. Others say it came from Former Czech President Václav Klaus.
“What’s Obama Reading?” with a photo of Barack Obama holding a book, “Post-American World” by Fareed Zakaria. The eRumor implies that Obama is a Muslim, that he is the most liberal nominee to run in history and that this book predicts the end of the United States.
