Q: Are the Obamas doing away with the White House "Christmas" tree and banning ornaments with religious themes? A: The traditional Christmas Tree will remain, and an e-mail claim about ornaments is unsubstantiated. Click to Read the Full Post Read More →
Q: Is there a move to make Obama eligible for more than two terms as president? A: A bill that proposes repealing the 22nd Amendment has been introduced, but so far it has very little support. Click to Read the Full Post Read More →
Q: Is it true that the Big Three American automakers made charitable contributions after 9/11, while foreign companies, by and large, did nothing? A: Actually, foreign car companies gave lots of money, too, despite what an old chain e-mail claims. Click to Read the Full Post Read More →
The Internet is abuzz with the rumor that Palin’s youngest child, Trig, is not actually her son but her grandson, born to her teenage daughter Bristol and adopted by Palin to cover up the scandal. Aside from a DNA test, it’s unlikely we’ll convince the hard-core conspiracy theorists and skeptics that this rumor is totally false (it could be argued that not even a DNA test would suffice for some). But this photo, which has been making its way around the Web, shows a very pregnant... Click to Read the Full Post
On Sept. 10, we objected when the McCain-Palin campaign released an ad implying that we’d criticized Obama for “completely false” and “misleading” claims about Sarah Palin. We did use those words, but we used them to criticize anonymous Internet rumormongers, not Obama. Now that same claim from the McCain-Palin camp is being recycled into fundraising letters. Here’s the passage from an e-mail from McCain-Palin Victory 2008, a joint project of the Republican National... Click to Read the Full Post
Not exactly. Actually, we’ve looked at it rather a lot. We just haven’t written about it. Until now. You surely know the e-mail we’re talking about. It’s one of the more popular chain e-mails that our readers keep sending our way. You know, the one that starts out with Selma Got Me Born — NOT EXACTLY… That’s actually the nice version. Some trade “LIAR” for “NOT EXACTLY.” Pretty much all the versions go on to list a whole bunch of... Click to Read the Full Post
