A forwarded eRumor warning that Muslims will be gathering at the steps in front of the the US Capitol Building in Washington DC on September 25, 2009. The email goes on to say that 50,000 are expected to attend to pray for 15 hours and that the organizers got their inspiration from President Obama’s speech in Cairo where he said the the United States was no longer a Christian Nation.
Angry emails have gone viral alleging that California Senator Dianne Feinstein, in a appeal for more gun control, made a comment calling all veterans mentally ill.
This is a message sent via the social media network Twitter that says that a reporter, Guy Adams, has his account suspended by Twitter for criticizing NBC’s coverage of the 2012 Olympics in London England. Adams included the email address of NBC’s Olympics President Gary Zenkel for his followers to contact.
A forwarded email about a new directive from the commander of Fort Campbell Army Base mandating that all soldiers provided registration numbers, locations and permit information of their personal firearms to the chain of command.
An Email Critical of Islamic Terrorists Written by an Atlanta Woman-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor is said to be an email written by Pam Foster of Atlanta and sent to a family member serving in Iraq, presumably in the U.S.armed forces. It is a pointed commentary on Islamic terrorists and the mindset that promotes …
Beware of messages in your in basket that appear to look like official faxes sent through the eFax service. The links to read the faxes could redirect computer users to infecting websites.
A 2014 outbreak offered a glimpse of how disinformation would be weaponized around other diseases.
The story of a helicopter pilot, Major Ed Freeman, who flew his unarmed Huey into to the battle zone during the Viet Nam War multiple times to supply troops and evacuate wounded personnel after the MediVac helicopters were ordered to stop evacuations. This act of courage earned Major Freeman the Flying Cross and decades later, the Congressional Medal of Honor.
This is a forwarded email that says that thirty-three trapped Chilean miners wore t-shirts that said “¡Gracias Señor – Thank You Lord” during the rescue operation. The email says that the t-shirts along with MP3 players loaded with Biblical teaching to help raise their spirits were given to them by Campus Crusade For Christ.
The story of two men in London who reared a lion cub then arranged for it to be released into the wild in Africa.
