rhumbrunner
03-18-2007, 10:21 PM
Just a few snippets of info about snopes. It seems that they are not all they are cracked up to be...And should not be considered the "Final authority of sorts that some tout them to be. IMHO
"You've just had an encounter with False Authority Syndrome."
"LAW OF THE LAND
Snopes snookered by 10 Commandments hoax
Pastor ID's Supreme Court lies rerun by Internet watchdogs
Posted: November 24, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
The California pastor whose research revealed a strategy by the U.S. Supreme Court to eliminate references to the Ten Commandments in its own artwork now is asking Internet watchdogs Snopes.com and TruthOrFiction.com to fix their mistakes on the issue.
Pages of false information
If you're always suspicious of what you're reading, you might notice that the title's acronym is TROLL. That is no disclaimer, though -- many people don't know what an Internet troll is, and many who do know may count it as a coincidence.
If you navigate to each Lost Legend page from the Lost Legends index and read everything carefully, you'll know that something's up. There are little disclaimers and hints in fine print here and there, but no obvious indicator that what you're reading is pure fiction -- especially if you're already familiar with Snopes and skip all of the fine print, figuring that you've read it before. The Snopes authors could, however, make a case that they give fair warning in this instance. That doesn't make their actions any less unethical.
What if you go directly to an individual Lost Legends entry, though? If the first page you saw were, for instance, this Lost Legends entry on Mr. Ed, you would have no way of knowing that you've been the victim of Snopes.com's prank unless you click the "More information about this page" link in the "Additional Information" section near the bottom. The only references given are books (and one link to an informational page about zebras that doesn't mention Mr. Ed at all), so if you want to verify the sources, you'll have to actually go out and borrow or buy the information necessary to understand that the Snopes authors are lying to you."
"Not everyone agrees that the research of Snopes/Mikkelson is unbiased.
For instance, the reliability of the writings of Snopes/Mikkelson have been called
into question because of their strong liberal, political worldview. On the web sight
- Damnum Absque Injuria, an article questioned the trustworthiness of
Snopes/Mikkelson research because of their left-leaning political bias. Entitled
Snope a Dope, the article points out that their exposé of writer Annie
Jacobsen’s first hand account of what looked and behaved like a small group of
terrorists attempting to make a bomb on the airplane she and her family was
traveling on (Annie, her husband and son) was a “hatchet Job.”1 The article
alleged that although Jacobsen’s reporting of the event was true enough, her
interpretation of what she saw as an eye witness was “erroneous.” Snopes article
1The article was entitled “Terrorists in the Sky, Again”, published in the WomensWallStreet.com,
December 16th, 2004 issue"
Interesting for sure like the authors say ""You've just had an encounter with False Authority Syndrome." The authors go on to say that they are trying to teach us stupid readers a lesson about relying on sites like Snopes to provide accurate information."
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"You've just had an encounter with False Authority Syndrome."
"LAW OF THE LAND
Snopes snookered by 10 Commandments hoax
Pastor ID's Supreme Court lies rerun by Internet watchdogs
Posted: November 24, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
The California pastor whose research revealed a strategy by the U.S. Supreme Court to eliminate references to the Ten Commandments in its own artwork now is asking Internet watchdogs Snopes.com and TruthOrFiction.com to fix their mistakes on the issue.
Pages of false information
If you're always suspicious of what you're reading, you might notice that the title's acronym is TROLL. That is no disclaimer, though -- many people don't know what an Internet troll is, and many who do know may count it as a coincidence.
If you navigate to each Lost Legend page from the Lost Legends index and read everything carefully, you'll know that something's up. There are little disclaimers and hints in fine print here and there, but no obvious indicator that what you're reading is pure fiction -- especially if you're already familiar with Snopes and skip all of the fine print, figuring that you've read it before. The Snopes authors could, however, make a case that they give fair warning in this instance. That doesn't make their actions any less unethical.
What if you go directly to an individual Lost Legends entry, though? If the first page you saw were, for instance, this Lost Legends entry on Mr. Ed, you would have no way of knowing that you've been the victim of Snopes.com's prank unless you click the "More information about this page" link in the "Additional Information" section near the bottom. The only references given are books (and one link to an informational page about zebras that doesn't mention Mr. Ed at all), so if you want to verify the sources, you'll have to actually go out and borrow or buy the information necessary to understand that the Snopes authors are lying to you."
"Not everyone agrees that the research of Snopes/Mikkelson is unbiased.
For instance, the reliability of the writings of Snopes/Mikkelson have been called
into question because of their strong liberal, political worldview. On the web sight
- Damnum Absque Injuria, an article questioned the trustworthiness of
Snopes/Mikkelson research because of their left-leaning political bias. Entitled
Snope a Dope, the article points out that their exposé of writer Annie
Jacobsen’s first hand account of what looked and behaved like a small group of
terrorists attempting to make a bomb on the airplane she and her family was
traveling on (Annie, her husband and son) was a “hatchet Job.”1 The article
alleged that although Jacobsen’s reporting of the event was true enough, her
interpretation of what she saw as an eye witness was “erroneous.” Snopes article
1The article was entitled “Terrorists in the Sky, Again”, published in the WomensWallStreet.com,
December 16th, 2004 issue"
Interesting for sure like the authors say ""You've just had an encounter with False Authority Syndrome." The authors go on to say that they are trying to teach us stupid readers a lesson about relying on sites like Snopes to provide accurate information."
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