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From the Desk of David Pogue: At Snopes.com, Rumors Are Held Up to the Light

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/technology/personaltech...

David Pogue interviews David Mikkelson of Snopes.com, where Internet veterans go to get the truth about online rumors.

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