ANST - Re:Needle hoax revisited

[Robert Singleton]

Michael Tucker wrote:

> Siiiiigggghhhhh....

(some stuff snipped)

> Good People,
> the next time you read something like this, ask yourself: If this is true, why
> aren't they making a big deal about it in the news? If this is true, where in
> the story is something I could check up on to verify the story? (For example,
> *real* computer virus alerts come with a reference to the government's Internet
> Advisory Council; *real* government legislation alerts come with a reference to
> the *specific* House subcomittee and bill being considered; etc.) If it sounds
> scary, but you haven't heard anything about it in the news, and there's no way
> you could pick up the phone (or go to the Internet) and verify the story, it is
> almost *certainly* a hoax.

Well spoken, as always....

Another very powerful indication that a story is possibly a hoax is the
addition of a request that the reader propogate the story, especially
verbiage to the effect of, "Please send this to as many people as
possible."

Robert of Slugglenn, attempted hoax basher

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