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Opponents of "Obamacare" tried to buy time with the far-fetched claim that reform would leave federal "death panels" to decide which ailing seniors deserved lifesaving care. In other places, rumor drove the debate. At a town hall outside Detroit, a man complained to Democratic Representative John Dingell that his mentally handicapped son would "be given no care" under the Obama plan...
...First was the rumor-promoted by high-profile Republicans like Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and Iowa Senator Charles Grassley-that Democratic health care plans would create "death panels" which would pass judgment on which citizens deserved to live. Next, a White House suggestion that people who have received e-mails with questionable information about health reform forward those to get clarification was reported by Fox News as a trap to collect the names and e-mail addresses of health reform opponents for an "enemies list." (See 10 players in health-care reform...
...roots of the attack lie in Korian, a village 5 miles from Gojra. There, a Christian family was celebrating a wedding on July 28 when, somehow, a rumor spread alleging that the revelers had torn the pages of the Koran and thrown them in the air. No evidence has emerged that this actually happened. But the mere suggestion appeared to set off days of rioting. Christian homes in Korian were torched before the violence spread to Gojra. Last Friday, Christian residents say, the preacher at a nearby mosque issued a fiery sermon inciting violence against them. The police visited...
...Sunday's Urumqi riot was triggered by unrest in the southern coastal province of Guangdong, where a disgruntled former factory worker started a rumor that a group of Uighur workers had raped two Han women. That touched off a riot on June 26 that left two Uighur workers dead. Police later arrested the man who had started the rumor. This week's protest began as a peaceful demonstration by a group of about 1,000 Uighurs angered by the Guangdong riot. Witnesses said they shouted slogans in Uighur and Mandarin denouncing discrimination. (See TIME's China covers...
...well, I went home, and I pretty much forgot about Jon and Kate until a few weeks ago, when they catapulted to the forefront of trash culture because they were - according to the tabloids - separated. I assumed it was a rumor, but it turned out to be true. Jon had gotten bored with being bossed around by Kate, he'd had a fling with a 23-year-old teacher, and the couple had filed for divorce. He still loved the kids, he said - with complete guilelessness, as though loving the kids and doing right by them were unrelated events...