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The Reverend Vern Barnet, DMn
bio page CRES minister emeritus vern@cres.org
RESPONSE # 90 HOAXES Dear Correspondent,
It seems you may be the victim of a hoax --
or, at the very least, of a substantially one-sided misrepresentation of a complex situation that instead of helping us understand, appeals to our prejudice for political or sectarian purposes.There are several websites you can use to check questionable material. You can enter a passage of the text you sent me in a search engine such as google.com or use the search facility on sites such as
BackgroundChecksPhoneScams http://backgroundchecks.org/reverse-phone-lookup/phone-scams
Snopes
http://www.snopes.com/TruthOrFiction
http://www.truthorfiction.com/FactCheck
http://www.FactCheck.orgUrban Legends
http://tafkac.org/PolitiFact
http://www.politifact.com/Washington Post Fact Checker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/Hoax-Slayer
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ThatsFake
http://www.thatsfake.com/ThatsNonsense
http://www.thatsnonsense.com/
Conspiracies Wikipedia has an impressive index.
NYTimes: How to Talk to Friends and Family Who Share Conspiracy Theories -- Fringe movements will persist long after Election Day. Here’s how to help.
I hope this is helpful in your search for accuracy.
With best wishes,
Vern Barnet
