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Ruldar![]() Regular user 132 Posts ![]() |
I've used them for a couple of years and have found their references and justification well founded.
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Dark Knight![]() Loyal user My troops are stationed at 272 Posts ![]() |
If everyone would fact-check with Snopes before they forwarded e-mail, the e-mail Internet traffic would be reduced significantly.
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magicFreak2![]() Inner circle 1220 Posts ![]() |
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On 2008-06-02 16:06, Bill Palmer wrote: I think its kind of reading wikipedia. |
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MeetMagicMike![]() Inner circle Gainesville Fl 3385 Posts ![]() |
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I apologize. I let this one slip my mind. So what part of the Snopes story do you know for a fact isn't true? |
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danhughes Regular user Champaign, IL 115 Posts ![]() |
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On 2009-10-29 15:48, Nicholas J. Johnson wrote: Conservatives call them liberal because they tell the truth about conservatives. But they tell the truth about liberals, too. Lots of dirt on Bill Clinton, etc. Snopes doesn't just answer questions - they cite sources and list references. Looks good to me.
---Dan, http://danhughes.net
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Ba Ba Booey![]() Special user In Denver, I have no less than 537 Posts ![]() |
I was reading an article on Snopes about Kenned
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Julie![]() Inner circle 3792 Posts ![]() |
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On 2013-10-20 18:25, Ba Ba Booey wrote: :) J |
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jugglestruck![]() Inner circle Wales 1038 Posts ![]() |
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On 2013-10-20 18:25, Ba Ba Booey wrote: ? |
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DoctorAmazo![]() Special user Florida 643 Posts ![]() |
Y?
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R.S.![]() Regular user CT one day I'll have 177 Posts ![]() |
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On May 8, 2014, DoctorAmazo wrote: Y not? Ron
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." Thomas Paine
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Slim King![]() Eternal Order Orlando 17860 Posts ![]() |
Snopes is two Canadians in California financed by liberals to deceive the folks dumb enough to believe them. They have a laptop and lie just as much as the rest of them. They simply remove material from their site when they are busted ... but believe me ..They have been found out many times.
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THE MAN THE SKEPTICS REFUSE TO TEST FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS.. The Worlds Foremost Authority on Houdini's Life after Death.....
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jugglestruck![]() Inner circle Wales 1038 Posts ![]() |
It does seem that Snopes have several doubters, far more in fact than I originally thought.
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ed rhodes![]() Inner circle Rhode Island 2836 Posts ![]() |
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On Oct 12, 2009, Bill Palmer wrote: So, you're suggesting that it actually DID happen, despite the fact that the Carson people have denied that Arnold Palmer's wife was ever on the show, and the story itself dates back to Sam Sneed?
"All the world's a stage, but the play is badly cast!" - Oscar Wilde
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TomB![]() Veteran user Michigan, USA 306 Posts ![]() |
During this last political cycle I have seen a lot of fact checkers slanting heavy bias. For example, a twitter account would have a screen shot being posted. The fact checkers would call it fake news. Why? Because they have no evidence. How is that it a screen shot. Oh, because they didn't have it archived on their news site. But what's the chances of them archiving every Twitter message. None. So they pick and choose what is real or fake. Snopes is pretty left wing too. I use to goto snopes when it was new. Haven't purposely been there for years.
I find relying on my own brain from previous events to be the best trusted source. |
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Anton4![]() New user Rensselaer, NY 56 Posts ![]() |
While no website is perfect, I find that snopes is generally on the money.
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Doc Ben![]() Loyal user Phoenix, AZ 261 Posts ![]() |
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On Jun 3, 2008, stoneunhinged wrote: Admiring the credibility of "academics" is historically questionable, if you just look at some of the past experience of "The Amazing Randi" (RIP Randi) and Banachek and some other excellent ",psychic investigators"!
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain" (the original F. Baum)
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Banachek![]() V.I.P. Houston 1079 Posts ![]() |
If you read the whole article at Snopes you find they list a lot of places it could have happened prior as well. They give different scenarios of how it could have happened on Carson. At the end of the article they state that it more than likely did not happen and we may never know. They do not say it did not happen on Carson, just unlikely and they give good reason why in the article itself. I think this is pretty accurate and fair reporting and not biased in this case at all.
"Since nearly all the kinescopes, videotapes, and films of the Tonight Show (both the Steve Allen and Johnny Carson versions) made prior to 1972 were subsequently destroyed, and much of what was broadcast live on television in the 1950s was either never recorded or similarly destroyed afterwards, whether this humorous faux pas ever played out in real life is unlikely to be definitively proved or disproved. But, as with many tales of this nature, the yarn was likely once just a colorful joke until someone once decided to spice it up by presenting it as a true story. For maximum effect and embarrassment, the set-up of the gag requires that the inadvertently-uttered punchline be witnessed by an audience, so setting the anecdote within the framework of a television interview nicely fit the bill."
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Jerry![]() Inner circle Some where in Florida 1333 Posts ![]() |
They are wrong about Coca-Cola and the Nazis.
Fanta was sold in Germany during the war. |
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Slim King![]() Eternal Order Orlando 17860 Posts ![]() |
All these years later Snopes has lost its credibility completely. Sad anyone believed them to start with. https://www.thewrap.com/snopes-mikkelson-plagiarism/ https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/fact-check......rtisans/
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Rhewin![]() Loyal user 212 Posts ![]() |
Note the issue at hand is plagiarism and not accuracy. Their articles are still well sourced and stick to facts. Was Mikkelson unprofessional and dishonest about writing his stories? Sure. Does it mean the content of the stories/site is inaccurate? No. I'm still happy to reference them as long as they continue to provide their sources.
The other issue the NY Post brings up is purely subjective. They were upset that Snopes analyzed a headline and said it was distracting from a public health issue. Not exactly surprising considering the Post's priorities. |
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