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Is Balloon Boy's Mom, Mayumi Heene, a Victim of Her Husband?

Disgrasian | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Victims, Richard Heene, Reality TV, Wife Swap, Hoaxes, Boy in Balloon, Balloon Boy, Richard and Mayumi Heene, Falcon Heene Balloon, Falcon Heene, Heene Family, Media, Mayumi Heene, Kid in Balloon, Family, Media News
Disgrasian

Mayumi and Richard have separate legal representation. In other words, if the Heenes are going to go down like their little Mylar balloon for this hoax, they're not going to go down together.

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Balloon Boy Saga's Predecessor Was Edgar Allan Poe's Fake Balloon Story In 1844

The Morning Delivery | Bill Lucey | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Richard Heene, Heene Family Hoax, Media, Heene Family, Falcon Heene, Balloon, Edgar Allan Poe, Chicago, Balloon Boy, Heene Hoax, Monck Mason, Hoaxes, Atlantic Ocean, Jason Blair, Media News

Now that we know we've all been hoodwinked into believing six-year old Falcon Heene might have been in the runaway helium balloon, it is worth noting ...

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That Chinese Sperm Bank Photo: You've Been Shanghaied

Disgrasian | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Sperm Donors, Lies, Gender Stereotypes, Chinese, Sperm, Chinese Sperm Banks, Stereotypes, Hoaxes, Sperm-Banks, Asians, Chinese Culture, Ethnocentric, Racial Stereotypes, Asia, Memes, China, Happy Ending Massage, Cultural Differences, Asian Sperm Bank, Asian Sperm Bank Photo, Shanghai-China, Media News
Disgrasian

I conducted a little investigation and found that this picture first surfaced on the interwebz in late 2008, and it was immediately dismissed as a hoax by officials at Renji Hospital in Shanghai.

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Ending the Email Lies: Forward This

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 04.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Snopes, Email, Forwarding, Hoaxes, Lies, Truth, Media News
Craig

As new age media, we have a responsibility to accuracy, just like professional reporters. This means anything sent to you that says "forward this" should never be forwarded. It is spam.

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The Top 10 Worst Top 10 Lists of 2008

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 01.30.2009 | Style

Read More: Top Ten List, Grey's Anatomy, Hoaxes, Time Magazine, 2008, Humanitarian Crisis, Youtube, Spam, New Year, Pollution, David Letterman, Usenet, New Year's Commentary, Style News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

A good top 10 list is relevant, a little nostalgic and interesting. But a bad top 10 list? Now that's just good fun.

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