Urgent Action Alert: Stop the push for a constitutional convention News Items you might have missed March 27, 2012
From: Devvy's Email Alerts<[email protected]> Date: March 27, 2012 Subject:Urgent Action Alert: Sick Of Internet Hoaxes And Half Truths By Devvy Kidd Links are generally posted at my web site http://devvy.net/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/alerts/943363200907/ "The number of emails containing hoaxes, half truths and outright lies never ends. For years and quite frankly, I'm sick of it. When I let the sender know the information is false, nine times out of ten the response I get is this: "I don't have time to research all this stuff" or "My friend who knows a lot sent it to me and I trust him". One female even got angry with me and said I was mean for sending proof the email she sent was a lie! "What if I put things in my columns without researching them for accuracy? My credibility would be in the toilet. Now, it's mean to politely point out information a person is sending out isn't true and it makes them look bad? Almost every one of those emails with the twenty exclamation marks has an email paper trail. The first person sends it to ten. Those ten send it to fifty. Those fifty send it to another fifty. I've seen some with a hundred email addresses the hoax or lie has been sent to. By the end of the week you have thousands of people chasing their behinds following up by writing letters or telling more people something that isn't true. "Below are persistent hoaxes, disinformation and outright lies. Perhaps we might make a dent by putting them together in one place and getting the truth out there." http://devvy.net/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/alerts/943363200907/ Rest of my column at link above. -- "Always remember and never forget. Competition is the catalyst that allows capitalism to work?" Rich Martin -- To join RichsRants, send email to: [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/richsrants?hl=en
