Comments on: Don’t Fall for Hoax Stories – Confirm This! https://davescomputertips.com/dont-fall-for-hoax-stories-confirm-this/ Computer Help, Tips, How-to's, and News Thu, 12 Nov 2015 06:43:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dennis https://davescomputertips.com/dont-fall-for-hoax-stories-confirm-this/#comment-44766 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 01:40:33 +0000 http://You%20know%20you%20should%20never%20believe%20everything%20you%20read%20online,%20right?%20 I%20should%20know%20this%20better%20than%20anyone%20since%20I%20teach%20people%20how%20to%20be%20safe%20online.%20 But%20even%20I%20fall%20for%20fake%20articles%20or%20news%20online%20sometimes.%20 Just%20the%20other%20day%20I%20was%20on%20Facebook%20and%20#comment-44766 Whenever I read something questionable on the web I always remember what Abraham Lincoln said, “You can’t believe everything you read on the Internet.”

BTW you can simply Google it.

]]> By: Jason Shuffield https://davescomputertips.com/dont-fall-for-hoax-stories-confirm-this/#comment-44642 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 02:07:39 +0000 http://You%20know%20you%20should%20never%20believe%20everything%20you%20read%20online,%20right?%20 I%20should%20know%20this%20better%20than%20anyone%20since%20I%20teach%20people%20how%20to%20be%20safe%20online.%20 But%20even%20I%20fall%20for%20fake%20articles%20or%20news%20online%20sometimes.%20 Just%20the%20other%20day%20I%20was%20on%20Facebook%20and%20#comment-44642 In reply to Faye.

Thanks for the info Faye. 🙂

]]> By: Jason Shuffield https://davescomputertips.com/dont-fall-for-hoax-stories-confirm-this/#comment-44640 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 02:01:19 +0000 http://You%20know%20you%20should%20never%20believe%20everything%20you%20read%20online,%20right?%20 I%20should%20know%20this%20better%20than%20anyone%20since%20I%20teach%20people%20how%20to%20be%20safe%20online.%20 But%20even%20I%20fall%20for%20fake%20articles%20or%20news%20online%20sometimes.%20 Just%20the%20other%20day%20I%20was%20on%20Facebook%20and%20#comment-44640 In reply to johnpro2.

Well said johnpro2 🙂

]]> By: Jason Shuffield https://davescomputertips.com/dont-fall-for-hoax-stories-confirm-this/#comment-44639 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 01:59:32 +0000 http://You%20know%20you%20should%20never%20believe%20everything%20you%20read%20online,%20right?%20 I%20should%20know%20this%20better%20than%20anyone%20since%20I%20teach%20people%20how%20to%20be%20safe%20online.%20 But%20even%20I%20fall%20for%20fake%20articles%20or%20news%20online%20sometimes.%20 Just%20the%20other%20day%20I%20was%20on%20Facebook%20and%20#comment-44639 In reply to echo14612.

This is great echo14612 I will take a look at these. It is always good to have both views when debating something like this.

]]> By: Jason Shuffield https://davescomputertips.com/dont-fall-for-hoax-stories-confirm-this/#comment-44638 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 01:55:47 +0000 http://You%20know%20you%20should%20never%20believe%20everything%20you%20read%20online,%20right?%20 I%20should%20know%20this%20better%20than%20anyone%20since%20I%20teach%20people%20how%20to%20be%20safe%20online.%20 But%20even%20I%20fall%20for%20fake%20articles%20or%20news%20online%20sometimes.%20 Just%20the%20other%20day%20I%20was%20on%20Facebook%20and%20#comment-44638 In reply to Bob.

Bob, I would love to have you share some websites that you have used. Yes there are many but it is always good to have specific ones listed that you know work. Thanks for the post Bob.

]]> By: Faye https://davescomputertips.com/dont-fall-for-hoax-stories-confirm-this/#comment-44584 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 04:45:32 +0000 http://You%20know%20you%20should%20never%20believe%20everything%20you%20read%20online,%20right?%20 I%20should%20know%20this%20better%20than%20anyone%20since%20I%20teach%20people%20how%20to%20be%20safe%20online.%20 But%20even%20I%20fall%20for%20fake%20articles%20or%20news%20online%20sometimes.%20 Just%20the%20other%20day%20I%20was%20on%20Facebook%20and%20#comment-44584 Truthorfiction.com and AARP’s Fraud Watch Network are also places where you can check for scams.

]]> By: Alan M https://davescomputertips.com/dont-fall-for-hoax-stories-confirm-this/#comment-44580 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 03:26:14 +0000 http://You%20know%20you%20should%20never%20believe%20everything%20you%20read%20online,%20right?%20 I%20should%20know%20this%20better%20than%20anyone%20since%20I%20teach%20people%20how%20to%20be%20safe%20online.%20 But%20even%20I%20fall%20for%20fake%20articles%20or%20news%20online%20sometimes.%20 Just%20the%20other%20day%20I%20was%20on%20Facebook%20and%20#comment-44580 I think that pretty much all of the news media (TV, radio, paper & web) are competing for the coveted National Inquirer – Star sensationalism.
All of them are biased either to the right or the left. There is no such thing as an honest news media any longer. They all have their own agendas that they are pushing.

]]> By: AJ North https://davescomputertips.com/dont-fall-for-hoax-stories-confirm-this/#comment-44572 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 00:20:05 +0000 http://You%20know%20you%20should%20never%20believe%20everything%20you%20read%20online,%20right?%20 I%20should%20know%20this%20better%20than%20anyone%20since%20I%20teach%20people%20how%20to%20be%20safe%20online.%20 But%20even%20I%20fall%20for%20fake%20articles%20or%20news%20online%20sometimes.%20 Just%20the%20other%20day%20I%20was%20on%20Facebook%20and%20#comment-44572 What is , unfortunately, no longer astounding (at least to me), but nevertheless should be of great concern to all those grounded in evidence-based reality (and who have an I.Q. larger than their shoe size), is that there remain a not insignificant number of people (many in positions of power) who exist in a completely fact-free fantasy world — upon which beliefs are based their actions.

]]> By: echo14612 https://davescomputertips.com/dont-fall-for-hoax-stories-confirm-this/#comment-44559 Sat, 18 Apr 2015 20:01:42 +0000 http://You%20know%20you%20should%20never%20believe%20everything%20you%20read%20online,%20right?%20 I%20should%20know%20this%20better%20than%20anyone%20since%20I%20teach%20people%20how%20to%20be%20safe%20online.%20 But%20even%20I%20fall%20for%20fake%20articles%20or%20news%20online%20sometimes.%20 Just%20the%20other%20day%20I%20was%20on%20Facebook%20and%20#comment-44559 In reply to Bob.

The lack of specifics in this complaint makes it impossible to verify. I have seen Snopes analyze plenty of “negative” rumors targeting both the “left” and the “right”. Here are just a few links to stories refuting Bob’s point:
http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/cruzcamp.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/cruz/libertyfine.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/targetsharia.asp

]]> By: johnpro2 https://davescomputertips.com/dont-fall-for-hoax-stories-confirm-this/#comment-44541 Sat, 18 Apr 2015 14:54:06 +0000 http://You%20know%20you%20should%20never%20believe%20everything%20you%20read%20online,%20right?%20 I%20should%20know%20this%20better%20than%20anyone%20since%20I%20teach%20people%20how%20to%20be%20safe%20online.%20 But%20even%20I%20fall%20for%20fake%20articles%20or%20news%20online%20sometimes.%20 Just%20the%20other%20day%20I%20was%20on%20Facebook%20and%20#comment-44541 Trust but verify ..Ronnie Reagan

]]> By: Bob https://davescomputertips.com/dont-fall-for-hoax-stories-confirm-this/#comment-44506 Sat, 18 Apr 2015 04:34:04 +0000 http://You%20know%20you%20should%20never%20believe%20everything%20you%20read%20online,%20right?%20 I%20should%20know%20this%20better%20than%20anyone%20since%20I%20teach%20people%20how%20to%20be%20safe%20online.%20 But%20even%20I%20fall%20for%20fake%20articles%20or%20news%20online%20sometimes.%20 Just%20the%20other%20day%20I%20was%20on%20Facebook%20and%20#comment-44506 I lost faith in Snopes when they stated something I experienced first hand was a hoax. When I first saw it, I e-mailed them an gave told them and said all they needed to do was find out from thousands of others who had the same experience. The replied back that I was wrong and then cited a couple of newspaper articles to back their claim. One article could not be found on the internet. The other article was in the NY Times and actually backed my claim up and refuted theirs. I e-mailed them back, including the couple of sentences in the NY Times that showed them to be wrong. Their response was to pull the NY Times citation and no longer accepted any comments or e-mails from me.

Also, even though they say they are Canadian, when it comes to US politics, they are very left of center. They tend to find most things stated about a US conservative or Republican politician to be “true” and most things stated about a neo-liberal or Democrat politician to be “false”. Again, they deny they are “neutral” but their actions show otherwise.

There are other hoax sites that I have found to be more reliable and unbiased and tend to stay away from the political as everyone knows that an “honest politician” is an oxymoron (regardless of political bent)!

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