Truth or Fiction?

Truthorfiction.com  ... your Email Reality Check!Get the truth about rumors, inspirational stories, virus warnings, hoaxes, scams, humorous tales, pleas for help, urban legends, prayer requests, calls to action, and other forwarded emails.

In their words:
TruthOrFiction.com is a website where Internet users can quickly and easily get information about eRumors, warnings, offers, requests for help, myths, hoaxes, virus warnings, and humorous or inspirational stories that are circulated by email.

TruthOrFiction.com is designed to be of value to the ordinary user of the Internet who wants to make sure that an email story contains information, not misinformation.

Our focus tends to be on stories that are the most widely-circulated via forwarded emails on the Internet. 
Every story on TruthOrFiction.com has either been personally researched by the TruthOrFiction.com staff or, in some cases, is known to be a classic rumor or urban legend that has stood the test of time.  As much as possible, the sources of our information are included in the stories.

We try to classify stories in descriptive categories such as:
Truth! usually means we have found reliable or first-hand sources who are willing to vouch for the validity of the story.

Fiction! usually means we have found reliable or first-hand sources who know the story is false and who deny it.  It can also mean that we have classified a story as a long-standing and well known urban legend or that there is a conspicuous lack of evidence that it is true. 

Reported to be Truth! or Reported to be Fiction! usually means that we have found a source for the story, but usually a single source whose credibility is either not known to us or may be questionable.

Unproven! usually means we have not found reliable or first-hand sources to satisfactorily confirm or deny the story.  It may or may not be true, but we have not found what we regard to be proof either way.

Truth! & Fiction! usually means parts of a story are supported by fact, but other parts are not.  It's not completely Truth! and it's not completely Fiction!

Previously Truth! Now Ended! or Now Resolved! usually means that the story was once true, such as an urgent request for help, but is now outdated or was a project that came to an end.

Disputed! usually means that there are good people on both sides of a controversy or a claim of truth and that TruthOrFiction.com is not making a judgment as to who is right.
We try to research our stories as carefully as we can and to use sources that are as reliable as possible, but there can be times when our information is incomplete, out of date, or even wrong.  We welcome corrections and additions, especially if you have first-hand knowledge of anything we need to know.

We love researching eRumors that are of such importance to so many people, but we want to avoid coming across as the only measuring stick of truth.  The real truth of some stories will never be known or we may only come close to the truth without actually finding it...but we do want to honor the value and the desire to pursue the truth as best we can.  It's a worthwhile effort.


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