CNN Used Old Footage From the Gulf War and Made It Appear as Though Palestinians Were Rejoicing Over the Terrorist Attacks On the U.S.–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An email from a Brazilian student has been circulating on the Internet at lightening speed. It alleges that CNN used Gulf War footage from 1991, saying that it …
CNN faked a video of Palestinians rejoicing over the 9/11 attacks-Fiction! Read More »
A picture that circulates as being the tombstone of the late defense attorney Johnnie Cochran. On the tombstone are the words “OJ DID IT”, a reference to Cochran’s most famous case, representing football start O.J. Simpson who was found not guilty of killing his ex-wife and one other person.
Update from Beautiful Downtown Baghdad–Unproven! Summary of eRumor: An email alleged to be from a soldier in Iraq.who says that Americans are not getting the real picture from the media about what’s happening there. The Truth: We have not been able verify this one yet in terms of the authenticity of the author. There is …
The “Beaver Dam” Correspondence Between the State of Michigan and a Land Owner–Truth! Summary of eRumor: The message consists of two letters. The first is from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to a Mr. Ryan DeVries. The letter says there are two dams on his property for which there does not seem to be …
The "Beaver Dam" correspondence between the state of Michigan and a land owner-Truth! Read More »
It Would Have Been Better to Buy Beer and Recycle the Cans Than to Buy Nortel, Worldcom, and Enron a Year Ago-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: In a unique argument to buy beer instead of stocks, the eRumor says that $1,000 invested a year ago in Enron, Worldcom, and Nortel would have been worth …
Buy beer and recycle the cans instead of buying some stocks-Truth! &
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Aborting Beethoven And the Reputations of Politicians?–Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A couple of ethical questions about abortion and judging character. One describes a pregnancy that many would argue would justify an abortion but the child turns out to be Beethoven. The describes three world leaders and asks which you would vote for. Their …
Ethical questions about abortion and the character of politicians-Truth
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Ben Stein’s Last Column-Truth! Summary of eRumor: An article said to be the last column for E Online by Ben Stein. The Truth: Ben Stein is one of those people that you’d swear has a bionic thyroid. As an actor, he’s famous for his role as the boring teacher in film “Ferris Beuller’s Day Off”, …
Your Credit Card Has Been Used in a Suspicious Transaction at the BestBuy Website–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This is a verification request said to be from the BestBuy website. It claims that your credit card has been used in a suspicious transaction. You are asked to visit their website to confirm the transaction. The Truth: …
Your credit card has been used on the BestBuy website-Fiction! Read More »
The Big Wheel, A Christmas Inspirational Story–Unproven! Summary of eRumor: A touching story about a single mom with six children, little money, and an old car. She got a job at a truck stop and good things started happening. Somebody left some new tires in her car to replace the old worn ones. On Christmas …
Angels hang out at the Big Wheel truck stop-Unproven! Read More »
The Day That Pilots from Coca-Cola and the Navy’s Blue Angels Saved A Little Girl’s Life –Fiction! Summary of eRumor: In 1986, a little girl named Crystal Grant in Memphis, Tennessee needed a liver transplant. Her family got word that a liver had become available and that she would have to be flown to Houston, …
