Originally Posted By ecdc <a href="http://factcheck.org/ask-factcheck/hot-topics/" target="_blank">http://factcheck.org/ask-factc...-topics/</a> www.factcheck.org has taken to publishing the questions they get asked the most often, all in one handy place. Take a gander and think real hard about which side believes the most nonsense.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Wow, leaning to one side much? It's amazing how much misinformation and outright lies are out there circulating and forming people's opinions...
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf It is at least somewhat encouraging that some people hearing all of that garbage are checking the facts on their own from an independent source.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >It is at least somewhat encouraging that some people hearing all of that garbage are checking the facts on their own from an independent source< Too bad they probably don't believe it.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>It is at least somewhat encouraging that some people hearing all of that garbage are checking the facts on their own from an independent source. << Sadly, I suspect it's mostly due to people who *received* that garbage in their emails and were using factcheck in a futile attempt to convince the sender that he was a brainwashed nincompoop.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal ^^^I was going to say the same thing. I know that's why I go there sometimes. I'm looking to find a source to discredit the nonsense.
Originally Posted By mele That's usually why I go to Snopes, too. So very many stupid emails to discredit.
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf Probably because you think Sarah Palin is as dumb as a box of rocks - if you think Sarah Palin is dumb, you are too smart to believe that garbage.