An Attack That Came Out of the Ether

Washington Post by Matthew Mosk | Jun. 28, 2008 (News Report)
Scholar Looks for First Link in E-Mail Chain About Obama

(A) biographical sketch of Barack Obama that has become one of the most effective -- and baseless -- Internet attacks of the 2008 presidential season. The anonymous chain e-mail makes the false claim that Obama is concealing a radical Islamic background. Full Story »

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 by Michael Hudson - Oct. 1, 2008

This article has made an interesting diagrammatic example of the genesis of how untrue political rumors are formed and maintained using collaborative spaces on the internet and the use of email to advance fear based misinformation to sway American voters.

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