Snope-a-Dope, Part MCLXI
This just in, via Dean - Snopes isn’t always as reliable as it holds itself out to be. This will come as a huge surprise to regular readers of this blog.
Oh, BTW, don’t forget to boycott Target, who really deserves the faux French pronunciation of their name.
UPDATE: Lonewacko offers another gem from Snopes, where they conclude that since some guy wrote a spoof of the federal investigation concerning the New Orleans police farce, that must mean the investigation isn’t real, either.
December 5th, 2005 at 9:04 pm
More On Snopes’ Reliability
You know, I’d forgotten about this, but XRLQ has a roundup on previous articles showing Snopes to be biased.
December 6th, 2005 at 7:54 pm
Shop elsewhere
I never advocate boycotts. However, I personally will not to shop at Target this Christmas season. Your decision is, of course, your own. Thanks to Debbie Schlussel via XLRQ for the update. Oh, and the image swiped from there as…
December 8th, 2005 at 9:21 am
Here’s another example. In this case you really have to wonder what’s going on.
March 7th, 2006 at 12:38 am
Actually, there is more stuff on Snopes and how it is either biased or lies–sometimes both. But I’m saving my info for something I’m writing at a later date. Suffice it to say that on terrorism issues and national security, the site consciously and deliberately errs on the side of extremist Muslims, ACLU types, etc. I suppose you could call us the victims of “surfing while Infidel.”
Debbie Schlussel