Political rumors, full of sound and fury, fly fast online
Have you read the e-mail from the psychologist who detailed how her South Pacific vacation was ruined by an encounter with a boorish, racist John McCain?
Surely your inbox has been clogged with those exposes about Barack Obama's secret life as a radical Muslim who won't recite the Pledge of Allegiance? And how about Sarah Palin posing with a rifle in a U.S. flag bikini and claiming her daughter's baby as her own?
Malarkey all. Yet people ...
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It is tricky to evaluate things and the pitfall is that you may like something (even if it is a lie) but the internet is the most diverse source, so balance is found if we try. Some things are fairly obvious on their face and some things are easily understood as prejudiced in favor of whatever if the author is known. Anything by Andy Martin is likely to be trash and if another posting echos what he has written, you know to discard. A little common sense and a search for diverse multiple sources works pretty well.