Why does it seem most people always resort to Snopes to validate a story?
Who made Snopes the official website for the truth?
Snopes is a liberal run website.
Snopes is useful to find urban legends, if you just ignore their political slant. But in this case, even before knowing this, it was pretty easy to tell that this “letter from a Marine” was bogus. A few rules of thumb about such compositions:
1) One lie is always more convincing than two or more.
2) Real stories almost never have an emotionally gratifying, no loose ends conclusion.
3) Details like makes, models, and styles do not lend credibility.
4) Writing about something you said almost always means something you wish you said.
5) There are objective facts, and then there are emotional events. The latter are preferred in urban legends because they invoke morality and caution.
Funny you should ask...
It was helped on it's way to internet fame by the lazy, do-nothing, chain-emailers who mindlessly forward this crap as gospel without first verifying its authenticity.
So, if you want to lessen Snopes' visibility on the net, actively work to get your friends and acquaintances to stop sending this crap ad nausem...
Why does it seem most people always resort to Snopes to validate a story?
Who made Snopes the official website for the truth?
Snopes is a liberal run website.
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So you believe this story is true as written?
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