From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 08/15/2021 11:00 PM, Don Freeman wrote:   
   > On 8/13/2021 7:10 PM, Jay Furr wrote:   
   >> I know that alt.folklore.urban is essentially dead, but that said, is   
   anyone out there?   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   > There's a few of use lurking around, mostly just filtering out all the   
   > bullshit postings but responding when one of the actual members speak out.   
   > I heard about the problem with snopes, and hope it doesn't destroy their   
   > credibility, we need more combatants against disinformation, not less.   
      
   It always bothered me that they were consistently and considerably less   
   vigorous in their condemnation of liberal "missing-context" items than   
   in conservative "pants-on-fire" items.   
      
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