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Personally, I like to use snopes.com to check the validity of some emails (especially the ones that ask you to "forward to all your friends"); To explain an further, here's an excerpt from the snopes.com FAQ page... (http://snopes.com/info/faq.asp) Q: How do I know the information you've presented is accurate? A: We don't expect anyone to accept us as the ultimate authority on any topic, which is why our site's name indicates that it contains reference pages. Unlike the plethora of anonymous individuals who create and send the unsigned, unsourced e-mail messages that are forwarded all over the Internet, we show our work. The research materials we've used in the preparation of any particular page are listed in the bibliography displayed at the bottom of that page so that readers who wish to verify the validity of our information may check those sources for themselves.
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I think the biggest thing is that their reputation depends upon their accuracy. I still would not count on them being the be all and end all of matters but I think they put a lot of effort forth in finding the truth.
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they're very well researched, unlike the email forwards we're all so familiar with ;)
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Basically a website that tries to debunk urban myths. You can probably trust a certain amount of what they say in general, but you shouldn't just believe everything they say just because they said it. You should check their work if you have time and it's important to you, just like you should do with anything else.
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