From: mshaw@panix.com   
      
   Jay Furr  wrote:   
      
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   > I know that alt.folklore.urban is essentially dead, but that said,   
   > is anyone out there?   
      
   Yep, a few of us.   
      
   > I got emails today from the staff at snopes.com informing me that   
   > snopes himself has gotten in major hot water for plagiarizing lots   
   > and lots of news stories and not giving credit, and that he's been   
   > suspended from all creative access to the site.   
      
   > I'm surprised and disappointed.  I was wondering if others had any   
   > more profound or interesting reactions.   
      
   It's been in the news. I'm also a bit surprised, but it is what it   
   is.   
      
   The downside is that, despite the (somewhat deserved) popular   
   perception of bias on the part of snopes.com, they've been pretty   
   well consistently a gold-plated source for details one can cite to   
   combat {d|m}isinformation.  This event will damage their credibility   
   in the eyes of many. This is a pretty bad thing, in that it will   
   introduce even more friction in the machinery of internet discourse.   
      
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   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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