Hi,
Not to lessen the significance of anyone who has served in any
military....... Or to imply that the media is caring, except to their
shareholders.......
Who would have thought that this was a modified story?
But the same is true for emails that warn of viruses, quoting that
Microsoft and Norton or whomever have warned this or that.
These emails get passed on willy-nilly, and the result is that there are
then masses of forwarded emails available on web pages for the spam
collection automated search 'spiders' to find.
I have never, ever, in 15 yrs of internet use, ever found any such
forwarded virus warnings to be true when researched on the pages of the
'source', such as Microsoft or Norton.
And when forwarding anything publicly, I always try to remember to copy
and paste only the needed info, not a list of email addresses.
Sorry for the off-topic, back to business!
John
4c. Re: Fw: *Damn right I'll forward it.*
Posted by: "Eric" ewdysar@yahoo.com ewdysar
Date: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:02 pm ((PST))
Once a story like Major Ed Freeman's become an urban legend, they will
never get a chance to be ignored. While Ed's part of the story is true,
I find it a shame that the story gets exploited by someone with an axe
to grind against an "uncaring" media.
Get more of the real story at Snopes.com , the website that researches
urban legends. here's the link to Ed Freeman's page on Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/freeman.asp
Any time you get one of these "pass it on" emails, try checking it out
on Snopes. Most of them are not very accurate and many are flat out
lies.
Fair winds,
Eric
Marina del Rey, CA
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