Donate Airline Miles to Help Military Personnel on Furlough–Truth! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor says you can donate air miles to help military personnel make connections to their hometowns while on furlough. The Truth: This one is true. During the Iraq war, military personnel were being given two-week furloughs that involved free flights to several …
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s November 2003 visit to U.S. troops in Afghanistan was spun into a fanciful tale of liberal pique online, framed in some iterations as a concerned email from an actual veteran. Clinton, who was a senator representing New York state at the time, did indeed visit Bagram Air Base on …
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Advanced Russian Fighter Found in the Sand in Iraq-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Several Iraqi fighter jets are said to have been found buried in the desert in Iraq including a Russian MiG-25 “Foxbat.” The eRumor says the find was significant to the U.S. because of the sophisticated systems aboard the planes. The …
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French’s Mustard Calls the French People “Yellow”–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A statement represented as being from the French’s Mustard Company says the product is not made in France and that the only thing they have in common with the French is that they are both yellow. The Truth: The folks at French’s Mustard did not …
Congressman John Conyers Hosted a Meeting in Washington to Discuss Impeachment of President George W. Bush–Truth! Summary of eRumor: An email from the petition website Grassfire.net says that Congressman John Conyers (D-Mich) brought together a group of attorneys and legal scholars to consider articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush. The articles were drawn …
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The U.S. is Gearing Up for a Military Draft in 2005-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor warns that there are two bills before Congress that, if passed, would bring back the military draft and make it mandatory for both boys and girls starting in June, 2005. The Truth: The bills, S.89 and H.R.163 are …
CNN Refrained From Reporting Atrocities about Saddam Hussein Until After the War in Iraq–Truth! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor is an article said to have been written by CNN’s Eason Jordan. He concludes that it was right to remove Saddam Hussein from power. He also confesses that there were atrocities that CNN knew about but …
Pray for Chad, a Soldier in Iraq Shot in the Head–Truth! Summary of eRumor: This is a prayer request from a woman in Texas named Vicky Field. She says her son, Chad was shot in the head in Iraq. The Truth: Vicky’s son is named Chad Snowden. This prayer request first started circulating …
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First-hand Report From a Chaplain in Iraq about the Suicide Bombing in an Army Mess Hall in December, 2004–Truth! Summary of eRumor: A long, personal narrative from a chaplain in Iraq who went to the scene of the bombing of a mess hall filled with U.S. soldiers and local workers on December 21, 2004. Twenty-two …
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The Heroic Actions of Marine Lt. Brian Chontosh in Iraq–Truth! Summary of eRumor: The message says not much was in the news about it, but a Marine named Brian Chontosh fought to protect his men in Iraq by directly attacking them until he ran out of ammunition and that he killed 20 enemy soldiers in …
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