How can rumors be fought?
If you were interested in our discussion about the Obama campaign’s web strategy for fighting lies, you might want to take a look at an article on Salon.com. Lots of quotes from researchers, and some ideas about how to fight smears.
Warning: it does agree with the post linked to above.
[...] been wondering if this is connected to the idea that it is dangerous to issue denials of rumors that involve repeating them. And it’s hard to see how providing another arena for the slurs [...]