Discussion of Canadian Health Care-Mostly Truth!
Canadian Health Care discussion with regard to Hillary Clinton’s proposals for univeral health care coverage
Jesse Jackson's Poetic Admission to an affair?-Fiction!
Jesse Jackson’s “Poetic” Statement About His Affair-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The email (posted below) is signed as though written by Rev. Jesse Jackson and poetically admits and tries to explain an affair with another woman. The Truth: This was not written by Rev. Jackson and is obviously a piece of creative writing about …
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Warning About Inflammatory Breast Cancer-Truth!
Warning About Inflammatory Breast Cancer-Truth! Summary of eRumor: There are various versions of this one but all warn about an aggressive form of breast cancer called inflammatory breast cancer or IBC. Some of the messages also include a link to a video posted at the website of a Seattle television station. The Truth: …
TV Interview with an Illegal Alien?-Fiction!
An outrageous alleged interview with an illegal Mexican immigrant by a television reporter in Houston named Jim Moore.
Have you been targeted by an assassin?
You’ve Been Targeted by An Assassin and the Hit Man Has Warned You by Email-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An alarming email from a person who claims to have been hired by someone to “terminate” you. The writer says one of the people who hired him is someone “…you call a friend.” The writer says he’s …
Actor Jaleel White–Steve Urkel on TV–is dead-Fiction!
Actor Jaleel White–who played Steve Urkel on the Family Matters TV Show–Has Committed Suicide-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Supposedly an Associated Press report circulated in June, 2006 that actor Jaleel White, who played Steve Urkel on the popular Family Matters television show, committed suicide in Los Angeles. The Truth: This story is a hoax. TruthOrFiction.com …
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Emails From The Internal Revenue Service Telling You to Update Your Information-Fiction! & Scam!
These appear to be very official looking emails from the Internal Revenue Service informing reader that their information on record needs to be updated.
Pictorial response to John Kerry from GIs in Iraq-Truth!
A Pictorial Response From the Troops in Iraq to John Kerry-Truth! Summary of eRumor: This eRumor is a picture of a group of soldiers in Iraq holding a banner with a message to former presidential candidate John Kerry. The message is written with misspelled words and child-like printing, their way of responding to a …
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Did the University of Kentucky Remove Holocaust Studies in Order to Not Offend Muslims?
A chain email invoking Nazi horrors to push Islamophobia spread across two countries — at least.
NBC Refusing to Promote Jamie Foxx Special?-Fiction!
NBC Refusing to Promote Jamie Foxx Special-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Jamie Foxx has a special coming up on NBC featuring an all African-American cast. The eRumor claims that because of that and because two of the guest stars do not fit the “NBC profile,” they are not doing any marketing or publicity on the …
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