Political Chain Emails & Factcheck.org
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twentysomething
Posted on: 07/24/08
Political Chain Emails & Factcheck.org
Here is an article that is very useful, especially if you receive a lot of politically-based "chain" emails. Factcheck.org concludes that the majority of political chain emails are completely false, with only a few having shreds of factual information.The article continues to describe how snopes.com has investigated 31 emails about Barack Obama and Hillary and Bill Clinton. Only two were completely accurate.
I urge you to read the article and think twice before you believe these emails or forward them on. Many of these emails "have a lot of things in common: urgent and frightening messages; spelling errors; a tendency to blame mainstream media for not telling the real story; and false, misleading, utterly bogus, and completely off-base claims." The more popular the emails are, the more likely they are to be false.
I get these emails all the time from my father-in-law. He is purportedly trying to balance our "left leaning." I don't mind receiving political emails, even if it's from the other side. I just want the information sent to me to be true!
Furthermore, if you receive an email and are wondering if it's true or not, try searching factcheck.org or snopes.com. If you don't find an answer you can submit a question to factcheck.org and they will try to answer.
Factcheck.org is a fascinating website all around. They are nonpartisan, non-profit and exist solely to help voters separate fact from fiction in American politics. I recommend a look ;)
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