No, of course not. Just pointing out that this is a common tactic used to spread misinformation.
"THERE IS A THREAT!!! HERE ARE THE DETAILS!!!" "Oh, wait. It turns out the above news was untrue. You can see the details have been faked by some panic-monger. So we're safe. There's nothing to worry about. Go back to sleep." On 6 January 2014 10:35, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 8:56 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > > The idea would seem to be, get someone to present an exaggerated claim, > show > > it to be false, then claim that therefore there is no problem. > > Maybe you are right, but this does not invalidate the need to point > out misinformation. > > > Happens all the time with climate change denial. > > > > > > On 6 January 2014 08:57, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Now the question is, do you believe the opposite of what SNOPES has > >> presented? Also, as global peasants, we have no influence over what the > >> scientists look for on behalf of politicians, their bureaucrats, or the > >> billionaires that pay them. We can have an opinion about being thrown > out a > >> window from twenty stories up, but we have no control over gravity-this > is > >> known as free will. > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> > >> To: everything-list <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Sun, Jan 5, 2014 9:57 am > >> Subject: Fukushima myth > >> > >> http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/fukushima.asp > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Everything List" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > >> email > >> to [email protected]. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Everything List" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > >> email to [email protected]. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Everything List" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
