Tag Archives: chain e-mail

Crime to Denounce Homosexuality?

Posted on May 14, 2009

Q: Would the "hate crimes" bill make it a crime to denounce homosexuality from the pulpit and give legal protection to pedophiles? A: No on both counts. The First Amendment is still operative, and pedophiles would get no breaks under this bill.

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Would Obama Have Soldiers Pay for Own War Injuries?

Posted on May 12, 2009 , Updated on Sept. 25, 2009

Q: Did Obama accuse veterans of "selfishness" and whining? Would he have forced them to "pay for their war injuries"? A: This chain e-mail contains fabricated quotes and misrepresents a budget idea that the White House scrapped. The quotes were intended as satire.

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Gun Control in Australia

Posted on May 10, 2009 , Updated on May 11, 2009

Q: Did gun control in Australia lead to more murders there last year? A: This ‘Gun History Lesson’ is recycled bunk from a decade ago. Murders in Australia actually are down to record lows.

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Was Obama Born in the USA?

Posted on May 7, 2009 , Updated on May 28, 2009

Q: Has a “smoking gun” been found to prove Obama was not born a U.S. citizen? Did he attend Occidental College on a scholarship for foreign students? A: This chain e-mail is a transparent April Fools’ Day hoax. It fabricates an AP news story about an nonexistent group, and makes …
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H.R. 1388 Passed “Behind Our Backs?”

Posted on May 5, 2009

Q: Was H.R. 1388 passed "behind our backs"? A: This latest e-rumor is a double-header. It recycles one false claim and alludes to another. We’ve debunked both before.

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Warned About bin Laden?

Posted on April 30, 2009

Q: Did Oliver North warn Al Gore about Osama bin Laden at Senate hearings in 1987? A: This ridiculous hoax has been circulating since 2001, even though the secretary of the U.S. Senate and North himself have debunked it.

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100 Days of Spin

Posted on April 29, 2009

After 100 days in office, we find President Obama is sticking to the facts – mostly. Nevertheless, we find that the president has occasionally made claims that put him and his policies in a better light than the facts warrant. He has claimed that private economists agreed with the forecast in …
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Rescue of Captain Phillips

Posted on April 24, 2009

Q: Did Obama delay the rescue of Captain Phillips? A: No. Military officials say that the claims being made in a widely circulated chain e-mail are false.

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Slavery Reparations?

Posted on April 15, 2009

Q: Would a bill in Congress require looking into possible reparations for slavery? A: Such a bill exists but President Obama has nothing to do with it, contrary to what a chain e-mail implies.

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Snopes.com

Posted on April 10, 2009

Q: Is Snopes.com run by "very Democratic" proprietors? Did they lie to discredit a State Farm insurance agent who attacked Obama? A: A chain e-mail that "exposed" Snopes contains falsehoods. And in fact, the site is run by someone who has no political party affiliation and his non-voting Canadian wife. …
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