Most times when I am in trouble with the mods, it is simply because I pointed out a lie….and I use the word lie, because as with this, only if you live in a cave can you not know this.

It is my belief that these kind of posts and passing off of misinformation and conspiracies plays havoc with this forum, and its credibility.

The lawsuits being processed against those you mention are now in the Billions of dollars, all based on misinformation.

I am so hoping that the lawsuits against those who have been peddling outrageous and totally unsupported lies (libel AND slander) against a respected company, thus causing huge monetary loss, gets to court and those who thought they could say anything they wanted, while hiding behind the 1A - are ultimately made to pay for their actions. That is when we will know, that justice is still available to all of us.

And in your case, you often see facts as opinions. Everyone can have their own opinion, but facts are facts.

We can hope. It won't change anyones minds, but it will make the corporations think twice, since they are in it for the money.

So, here's the guy who is the co-founder and still CEO of Snopes having to admit he plagiarized tons of articles over quite a few years...but "it's refreshing", according to some here. Unreal.

This is deflection central, of course, because the thread soon turned to those outlets who - according to some - aren't as "refreshing" as this "employee" who holds 50% of the company's stock, as he's been characterized.

Why, those right-wingers and their companies/organizations would never act in such a refreshing way! No siree bub!

Good grief. The guy got caught. End of story. He really had no choice but to admit to it. Well, at least he had a good excuse, right?

"Mikkelson did not immediately return an Associated Press email seeking comment Saturday. He told BuzzFeed his behavior was due to a lack of formal journalism experience".

Prominent fact-checker Snopes apologizes for plagiarism - ABC News

In other words, he just wasn't aware that gratuitously taking the work of others and slapping his pseudonym to it was unethical. If he only knew about formal journalism...

This man is guilty of egregious professional behavior. There's no "refreshing" aspect of him having to admit the obvious. The thing is, everyone here knows it. What would really be "refreshing" would be if those here trying to assuage these acts would actually admit it.

See, what would be refreshing would be people here saying something like "this man has damaged the Snopes brand. He should step down!" Instead, it's "hey, just because he stole the work of others doesn't mean the work isn't true!" Really? That's the take on this? Oy.

[QUOTE=hrenner;1989029]Snopes cofounder was caught lying. Had nothing to do with conspiracy theories.

Yeah, as we are told......this is simply a sign of being weak. As we have been told, if he just kept saying it, “they” will believe it.

And for what you want “people here” to say.....somebody will.

I bet you didn’t catch CNN retraction. I mean caught cheating with DNC.

So what you’re saying it depends on who accused whether victim should be believed. Funny how career pol. Nothing seems to stick isn’t it.

Only a few brave women brought his downfall nothing to do with his own party until it was expedient to get rid of him. The rest of your post is unfounded speculation. And Avonetti went to jail for lying about Stormy.

[QUOTE=Topspinmo;1989071]System has worked for over 200 years despite many challenges like the Civil War, two world wars, Vietnam. Sputnik, a major Depression, a financial collapse. Name a one party system that has worked better where you would rather live.

[QUOTE=John41;1989045]Never got that far. He stepped up. More folks who lie and/or enable a liar should step up. Certainly when proven a liar, admit it like a grown up.

What he did is sort of like the copy and paste on this forum, which I believe is not allowed by the rules of the forum unless you allow the real author his due.

It seems some people just can't help themselves from making everything political. Thread closed.

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