We've all gotten forwarded articles and/or photographs which can run the gamut of really neat things to outright slander of some politician, even though it's a pack of lies. Who writes these and 'gets the ball rolling' through the web is beyond any reasoning I'd find acceptable...and so it is this picture has been showing up just last month, with a story about how the moose came to be part of "Jacques Leroux's" fold.
Among other things, the pile of cut logs left and right are the same pile, simply reversed...complete with the wisp of vegetation. While the idea of using a moose as a work animal has been done before, this particular image/story is false.
It only takes a couple of mouse clicks to check the veracity of most mass-forwarded emails, through these two sites I use most often, well worth bookmarking:
http://www.snopes.com/
http://www.truthorfiction.com/
Just go to a site's search bar and type in a couple of key words (choosing the right words is key) and most times you'll get right to the link you were looking for. They really put the research into their findings as well, and go into detail explaining if it's truth, fiction, or, sometmes, a blend of truth and fiction.
For the moose I simply searched "logging moose" at Snopes and there it was. FYI, the hoax is so new that it has yet to make it onto the "truthorfiction" website. For this type of article, I don't get my knickers in a knot over it...but when it comes to other forms of trickery, well, that's a whole 'nuther ball of wax. Take this, for example:
Especially at election time, some people will do anything to smear a candidate's reputation, even if it's totally untrue. The above photo is a hoax...digital imaging and manipulation has come a long way, and who would think to try and verify a +30 year old photo from a newspaper? That scene never happened. Each person's image was lifted from 2 separate originals and combined to make a strong anti-Kerry statement, supposedly. Didn't work with me as I like Jane. However, I don't appreciate lies meant to defame someone's character.
And we probably each have a friend or two who continually send out political or religious propaganda, which it is...and even when I ask them to verify what happens to be a false article before sending it, they refuse to do so. They have a belief structure and agenda they want to support, and do so at the cost of simple truth. That's sad.
We'll never know who the cats are that ate the canaries...but I do know this one must have eaten an Andean Condor...
(yes, it's fake...)
Among other things, the pile of cut logs left and right are the same pile, simply reversed...complete with the wisp of vegetation. While the idea of using a moose as a work animal has been done before, this particular image/story is false.It only takes a couple of mouse clicks to check the veracity of most mass-forwarded emails, through these two sites I use most often, well worth bookmarking:
http://www.snopes.com/
http://www.truthorfiction.com/
Just go to a site's search bar and type in a couple of key words (choosing the right words is key) and most times you'll get right to the link you were looking for. They really put the research into their findings as well, and go into detail explaining if it's truth, fiction, or, sometmes, a blend of truth and fiction.
For the moose I simply searched "logging moose" at Snopes and there it was. FYI, the hoax is so new that it has yet to make it onto the "truthorfiction" website. For this type of article, I don't get my knickers in a knot over it...but when it comes to other forms of trickery, well, that's a whole 'nuther ball of wax. Take this, for example:
Especially at election time, some people will do anything to smear a candidate's reputation, even if it's totally untrue. The above photo is a hoax...digital imaging and manipulation has come a long way, and who would think to try and verify a +30 year old photo from a newspaper? That scene never happened. Each person's image was lifted from 2 separate originals and combined to make a strong anti-Kerry statement, supposedly. Didn't work with me as I like Jane. However, I don't appreciate lies meant to defame someone's character.And we probably each have a friend or two who continually send out political or religious propaganda, which it is...and even when I ask them to verify what happens to be a false article before sending it, they refuse to do so. They have a belief structure and agenda they want to support, and do so at the cost of simple truth. That's sad.
We'll never know who the cats are that ate the canaries...but I do know this one must have eaten an Andean Condor...
(yes, it's fake...)
2 comments:
I've always wondered if that cat was real. I think my 20 lb black tabby saw that picture and is trying to be like Mike.
Bobbye
Sounds like the felines are mutual...sorry, couldn't resist that one!
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