Jenny the dry-erase HOPA hoax
Stop me if you heard -- and believed -- this one: Pretty young woman gets revenge on her jerk boss by revealing his loutish workplace ways in a presentation on a dry-erase board. It's a great story of...
View ArticleFacebook shutting down March 15: Yeah, right.
Ridiculous rumor is now web truthiness: WWN says Facebook is really shutting down on March 15, 2011 -- source is CEO Mark Zuckerberg, no less. Stop and think, people! Is Facebook shutting down on March...
View Article"Facebook charging $9.99 tomorrow" -- anatomy of a chain hoax
What's this I hear about Facebook charging?FACEBOOK JUST RELEASED THEIR PRICE GRID FOR MEMBERSHIP. $9.99 PER MONTH... Yes, we're told Facebook charges for access, as of tomorrow. Can that be right? Oh,...
View ArticleManti Te'o meet 'Robin Sage'
If beleaguered Notre Dame football linebacker Manti Te’o’s story about being duped by an online imposter were true, he certainly wouldn’t be the first -- or the last – person to fall victim to such a...
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