(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 »
Posted by Michael Hudson
This is a great piece examining how a rumour spreads through the internet. Rather than point fingers, it shows how a false story, like topsy, "just growed" on the internet. I thought this was fair and well-balanced enough that even the right wing sources he interviewed would agree that Mr. Mosk has an even-handed approach. I was especially interested in his information on the "freepers". a group I have run across before that had me puzzled as to it's origin and purpose. This article has given me useful information about them.
