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  • Hughs: Rumor mill fueled by Internet stories [another hugh steenking pile]

    07/10/2008 9:55:35 PM PDT · by Jim Robinson · 40 replies · 642+ views
    knoxnews.com ^ | Friday, July 11, 2008 | By Ina Hughs
    Sticks and stone may break your bones - but words can destroy. Think about the Swift Boat campaign and what it did to John Kerry in 2004 and what rumors of a secret love child did to John McCain's bid for the White House in 2000. ~~snip~~ The Internet is making it easy to set these little fires and fan them into a blaze of untruths, and this election has become so intense that groups wanting to undermine the other guy have sunk to a new level. Unregulated attack groups like the 2004 Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, called 527s...