The Truth About Martin Luther King, Jr.–Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A collection of alleged facts about Martin Luther King that are critical of the Civil Rights leader. The Truth: Let’s take them one at a time:His name wasn’t Martin Luther King-Confusing!According to all accounts, the name on Martin Luther King’s birth certificate is …
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The Mondex Digital Chip for Implanting in the Right hand or the Head-Mostly Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This eRumor comes in various forms including a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. It describes new technology that can use tiny electronic chips to identify the person who has the chip and that it could be part of a future …
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Post Offices In Texas Have Taken Down Posters With “In God We Trust” on them-Truth! Summary of eRumor: You are urged to write “In God We Trust” on the back of your mail in protest of reports that 2 Post Offices in Texas were forced to remove posters that displayed the nation’s motto. …
Post Offices in Texas told to take down posters with the nation's
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The Huge Mountain Lion of Leon, Kansas, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Etc.-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This eRumor includes a picture of a large mountain lion saying it weighed more than 200 pounds and was shot in Leon, Kansas, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. The Truth: The email is a hoax. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife …
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Mechanically Separated Chicken for Food?–Truth! Summary of eRumor: An email message alerting readers to the existence of mechanically separated meats such as chicken and turkey. The writer says it is a carcass stripped of everything except tissue, immature sex glands, and bone and asks, “Shouldn’t consumers be made aware of what mechanically separated …
Forward an email to provide medical care for Natalie-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor claims to be from a woman named Krista Marie who says her baby, Natalie, has brain cancer. She says AOL has agreed to pay five cents for each email forwarded about her to help with medical costs. The Truth: …
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Nickelodeon Is Producing a Pro-Homosexual TV Program for Children-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The email directs you to www.conservativepetitions.com to try to halt the planned production of a “…program that will help normalize homosexuality among our nation’s children.” It says that the program is to be produced by Linda Ellerbee. It urges signing of …
The Terminally-ill Little Boy who Left A Letter about Being in Heaven–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor tells the emotional story of a mother whose little boy died during surgery for cancer. Later at her home, she falls asleep in the boy’s bedroom. She awakens to find a letter from him that says …
A simple riddle with a simple answer that was allegedly reported on Paul Harvey…and that Kindergartners answered more correctly than university seniors.
“Not One Damn Dime Day” on January 20th, 2005, Bush’s Inauguration Day-Grass Roots Effort! Summary of eRumor: An email alleged to be passed around the Internet and calling for a “Not One Damn Dime Day” on January 20, 2005, the day of the inauguration of George W. Bush for his second term in office. It …
