Obama Campaign Builds Rumor Debunking Site

By Michael Falcone
NYT

With rumors and innuendo flying around the Internet with greater ease — and nastiness — then ever before, the Obama campaign has decided to use the same medium to take on the purveyors of what the campaign is calling “dishonest smears.”

A new Web site created by the Obama team, called “Fight the Smears,” is designed to systematically dismantle Internet rumors by letting users see both “the smear” and, the campaign’s response. The site already features sections fact-checking rumors that Mr. Obama refuses to say the pledge of allegiance, or has written racially incendiary remarks into his books or that he is a Muslim.

“Whenever challenged with these lies we will aggressively push back with the truth and help our supporters debunk the false rumors floating around the Internet,” Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the Obama campaign said in a statement.

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