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Study: Blame E-Mail for Rumor Mongering, Not Blogs

Ever wonder how all those insipid rumors about Barack Obama's citizenship became so ridiculously virulent? According to a recent study from researcher R. Kelly Garrett, e-mail is to blame. Blogs? Not so much. Though the Internet can expose us to a wider array of rumors, it can also expose us to a variety of counter-arguments, effectively neutralizing the blogsophere's rumor-mongering potency. ...

Army Doctor Questions Obama's Citizenship, Takes His Campaign to YouTube

Share Remember that whole "birther" movement that sprung up during the 2008 campaign and somehow managed to hang around even after an outpouring of facts confirmed that President Obama was actually born in the U.S.? Yeah, we'd forgotten about it, too. One U.S. Army doctor, though, hasn't let it go, and now finds himself in hot water because of it. Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin refused to show up ...