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I've never been impressed by Snopes; they seem to cherry pick what needs to be investigoogled and what doesn't deserve scrutiny. In this article, they examine the claim that Colonel Sanders of KFC fame stole his recipe from a black woman named Miss Childress, who is shown in a picture. Now...

This seems bizarre to me. Snopes is reported to have been hijacked. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/07/24/1929214/fact-checking-and-rumor-dispelling-site-snopescom-held-hostage-by-vendor https://www.savesnopes.com/ I wouldn't have thought that something like this would be so hard to resolve.

Ouch. Link: [EXCLUSIVE: Facebook 'fact checker' who will arbitrate on 'fake news' is accused of defrauding website to pay for prostitutes - and its staff includes an escort-porn star and 'Vice Vixen domme'] Blutoskitorial: Ugh. I worked with DM back in the early days before snopes exploded...

Sorry if I started this in the wrong section, but I wasn't sure where to put it exactly. Mods, if I'm wrong please feel free to move it to the appropriate forum. Does anyone have any information on the people behind the blog "Accuracy in Politics"? From what I can tell they haven't posted...

http://io9.com/meet-the-mysterious-creator-of-rumor-debunking-site-sno-1655124697

Is there a conservative "politifact", "snopes", "factcheck.org" etc? I like to go to websites that dig a little deeper into a story or a claim than your average newspaper, and help decide what information or people to trust more. This has led me to places like snopes, politifact...

In a past life, I worked in Network Administration for my current employer. As E-mail was within my realm of responsibilities, I quickly developed a boiling hatred of chain mail, and all those who forward chain-mail for fun and "profit". Snopes.com was my go-to source to try and debunk most...

On Senator Obama; True; http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/anthem.asp False; http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp#quran http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/church.asp http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/kkk.asp...

It seems that Obama's website has started a spin control page setup to counteract the various rumors which circulate about him. I think over all, it's a smart thing to do. At the very least, if done correctly, it goes a long way towards avoiding non-denial denial claims. Also, I think it's an...

Hello all. I believe we are bound to get some CTer's sometimes in the near future crying about a non-existant NAU that is being made. If that happens, Snopes addresses the issue here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/nau.asp

yeah. so I hate forwarded email alerts because they're invariably crap. My wife's grandmother sends one twice a month. Apparently, the people writing the hoaxes are getting hipper though. Here's the email: Of course, this is all crap, and verified on snopes as crap. (The osama hanged...

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Today I received another Urban Legend email from one of my friends. This one was about hotel keycards as a way for people to steal your identity. It sounded fishy to me immediately, so off I went to Snopes and within 30 seconds I had confirmed that it was indeed an UL and quite, quite false. I...

Hey I saw a link to a website and lost it (it was on this forum) Fobles.com? Something like that...debunks urban myths. Could someone please provide the link??? As I'm getting that dioxide cancer e-mail and want to send back to them proof it's a hoax.

My Brother, a committed right-winger conspiracy theorist, sent me a chain email telling the story of how Oliver North, testifying before Congress in 1987, answered a question from then Senator Gore by describing Osama Bin Ladin as being the most dangerous person on Earth. My brother believes...

http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp If this is true... this is the most amazing video I've ever seen.

Though, I can't imagine many people on this board aren't familar with www.snopes.com. Just in case, it's a long running site which verifies-debunks urban-legends. My question is, does JREF, Skeptics, or CSICOP know the folks that run it? Have they ever been invited to TAM? I would think it...

A few things look fishy about this e-mail my fiancee received. Thoughts anyone?:

Snopes (Barbara and David Mikkelson) the master debunkers, say 'UNDETERMINED'. John Kerry So what if it is Kerry? Click the link.

For those who may be interested but who don't usually visit the Community forum: http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php? s=&threadid=30917

I use Hoaxbusters as one of the sites to check forwards against for hoaxes. Anyway, I was scanning through the list when I came across this one about Jane Fonda and it's link to this article. I found the article fairly interesting because I wasn't fully aware of the origin of the nickname nor...