# No, I really don't need to hear it... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-really-dont-need-to-hear-it/662337 "2013-07-01T12:49:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-really-dont-need-to-hear-it/662337/21 "2013-07-03T05:12:03Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I am relatively conservative, especially by the standards of this board, and no fan of the president but I sometimes am moved to correct some of the stupid anti-Obama things I see posted. I shouldn’t bother because it doesn’t work. Here is a reply I got a couple days ago: > Quote: > Snopes is such BS…I would nt trust them with anything..I have done research on their supposed bias BS and half the time they are wrong. Snopes is not a true investigative site…they do not have expertise and the articles they write are based on media articles..not true research. and I used to look at their site…but I saw a couple posts that I know where not true from them…did more research and came to the conclusion that they produce biased articles that are liberal favored. > > Now I don’t think Snopes is the only cite that should be used but it is a good first source to check something out. From Wikipedia: FactCheck noted that Barbara Mikkelson was a Canadian citizen (and thus unable to vote in US elections) and David Mikkelson was an independent who was once registered as a Republican. “You’d be hard-pressed to find two more apolitical people,” David Mikkelson told them. > **[Snopes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snopes)** > > Snopes (/ˈsnoʊps/), formerly known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a fact-checking website. It has been described as a "well-regarded reference for sorting out myths and rumors" on the Internet. The site has also been seen as a source for both validating and debunking urban legends and similar stories in American popular culture. > In 1994, David and Barbara Mikkelson created an urban folklore web site that would become Snopes.com. Snopes was an early online encyclopedia focused on u... ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-really-dont-need-to-hear-it/662337/22 "2013-07-03T17:05:19Z")
You believe Wikipedia? My brother has a room mate whose best friend saw them both at a Klan rally. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-really-dont-need-to-hear-it/662337/23 "2013-07-03T17:13:34Z")
It is actually against my workplace’s Rules of the Information Superhighway, of which we’re reminded annually, to forward chain emails. Some idjits do it anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-really-dont-need-to-hear-it/662337.md?page=1)