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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24315 Posts 
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If you are "into" urban legends, you have probably visited the snopes.com web site.
Have you ever found an item on their site that you know for a fact is untrue. I have, and I'll reveal what it is later on in this thread.
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magicianinja New user 49 Posts
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I haven't. Everything I've seen there has been backed up by evidence.
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24315 Posts
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The question is how accurate the evidence is. In the particular case I am familiar with, eyewitness testimony is denied by a major television network. Snopes sides with the network.
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Dave V Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 4824 Posts
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Snopes is one of my favorite sites. I don't know the accuracy of their claims, but I'm guessing they're more correct than not. I wonder what would happen if they heard one of their articles is wrong? Would they update it? Or simply ignore it?
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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I'm pretty sure that if you had persuasive evidence, they would update the site.
They are folklorists with solid academic credentials. Academics sometimes make mistakes. Sometimes they make mistakes in evaluating the evidence. But I would be surprised if anything at Snopes was somehow not in good faith. Bill, don't keep us waiting. Out with it! |
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Bill Nuvo Inner circle 3094 Posts or 2742 Posts
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I know they even did an experiment to let people know not to take their word on things. It was the Blackbeard/Sing a Song of Sixpence legend that they totally made up (and did a good job making it sound plausible).
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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Well, they also used to have something about Mr. Ed (the talking horse), but I don't think that's what Bill Palmer is talking about.
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Mark Ennis Inner circle Raleigh, NC 1031 Posts
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On 2008-06-02 14:22, Bill Palmer wrote: There was an item that used to be listed as false until someone finally proved it true. It had to do with a very risque answer on the TV Game Show "The Newlywed Game". Even Bob Eubanks denied it and supposedly offered money to anyone that could produce footage of it.
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Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts
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 The Mythbusters are even more sinister! |
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts
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Bill, you're still leaving us hanging here; which case are you talking about?
As for eyewitness testimony, well, I withhold judgement without knowing the details. As magicians, we do know that eyewitness testimony is sometimes very inaccurate- but then again, so are news networks. (How many times has the media over-simplified a story to the point where it's useless for real information?)
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jfquackenbush Special user Out here on the desert 607 Posts
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I do know that snopes has been critical of news media picking up on old urban legends from time to time, so I think your comment that they "sided with the network" bringing along sinister connotations is a bit unfair.
that said, I wouldn't be surprised if they said something was false that later turned out to be true. I doubt that they'd be all that surprised either.
Mr. Quackenbush believes that there is no such thing as a good magic trick.
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darrylasher Regular user 179 Posts
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Here's something fun about Snopes. Read this:
http://www.snopes.com/lost/mobile.asp Note at the bottom of the page, there is a More Info link that takes you here: http://www.snopes.com/lost/false.asp |
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tom_stamm Loyal user Los Angeles 248 Posts
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I used to love Snopes, but then they started with the pop-under ads and drove me away. With Firefox and the Ad blocker extension I suppose I could start reading it, bit I just never got around to going back.
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Jimeh Inner circle Ottawa, Ontario 1399 Posts
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So Bill, just how long are going to have to wait?? lol
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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At least a month.
We need to give Bill a shout out. BILL! BIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! |
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Chris Henderson Special user Indiana -- Anyone w/ no life would have 563 Posts
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On 2008-06-02 14:22, Bill Palmer wrote: Reminds me of a funny (and unfortunately true) line from the Simpsons regarding "teases"... "I'm Kent Brockman, on the eleven o'clock news tonight, a certain kind of soft drink has been found to be lethal, we won't tell you which one until after sports and the weather with funny Sonny Storm." :)
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Drew Manning Special user Dallas, Texas 913 Posts
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On 2008-06-12 17:18, Mark Ennis wrote: I saw a clip from the episode in question and Bob talking about it on a show on VH1 (?) a while back. It was quite amusing nad the response was too risque for even today's TV as it still had to be censored LOL
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2889 Posts
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Well, here it is three months later and nothing from Bill.
"Well, there goes Bill" - Dodo "Poor Bill." - Alice
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J Hanes Veteran user PDX, OR 317 Posts
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On 2008-06-02 16:06, Bill Palmer wrote: please explain further mister palmer |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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I have yet to see a website that has 0 errors.
Then again, Wikipedia has a statistical accuracy comparable to the Encyclopedia Britannica. So... Meh.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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