The new member-created "Myth debunking" website called
De-Fact-o.com is now up and running.
http://www.de-fact-o.com/
As a member you can now submit your own articles and, (after your
article has been approved) receive updates about how and when it is
voted and commented on.
You will soon have a profile page that displays your username and
avatar and stats on how often your articles are viewed and your
overall rating as an author. You can also rate others.
It is open to the general public.
Start today:
http://www.de-fact-o.com/member.php
Here is an example of how the Paul Wellstone (DFL-MN) plane crash was
handled by De-Fact-o.com:
"The FBI was on the scene of Wellstone's plane crash suspiciously early"
FALSE
http://www.de-fact-o.com/fact_read.php?id=77
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"A distress call should have been heard if Wellstone's plane had
experienced trouble"
FALSE
http://www.de-fact-o.com/fact_read.php?id=57
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"Wellstone's co-pilot gave Zacharias Moussaoui a CD-ROM detailing 747
flight operations"
TRUE
http://www.de-fact-o.com/fact_read.php?id=19
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"Poor weather conditions brought down Wellstone's airplane"
FALSE
http://www.de-fact-o.com/fact_read.php?id=48
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Get in on the ground floor and make your case about nearly any topic!
Just remember, the site errs on the side of skepticism. A well
researched fact-based article is *much* more likely to get approved
than a loosely-tied together string of facts supporting a highly
speculative "theory".
http://www.de-fact-o.com/