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Urban legends are tales of unlikely events or gruesome happenings which befall 'a friend of a friend', and which hover just beyond the bounds of verifiability. A large number of such legends are comprehensively debunked by the Snopes Report<ref>http://www.snopes.com/</ref>
Urban legends are tales of unlikely events or gruesome happenings which befall 'a friend of a friend', and which hover just beyond the bounds of verifiability. A large number of such legends are comprehensively debunked by the Snopes Report<ref>http://www.snopes.com/</ref>
Urban legends can be seriously damaging to individuals and corporations. During the 1980s, [[Proctor and Gamble]] suffered poor publicity, due to an unfounded rumor that they were owned by the Church of Satan. Political figures are often targeted. A list of 'moron' quotes from Mad Magazine are now being forwarded via e-mail as actual [[George W. Bush]] quotes. A photo of [[Bill Clinton]] looking through binoculars with the lenscap still on is also widely distributed, though the picture was clearly doctored.(see Snopes)
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