Urban Legends

I've just received yet another forwarded e-mail concerning Dr. James Dobson's efforts to thwart a petition to the FCC to ban all religious broadcasting on television. First of all, there is no such petition. Secondly, Dr. Dobson has no affiliation with the e-mail that is being circulated - someone simply added his name to it to make it look more relevant.

At no time, has the FCC ever been petitioned to ban all religious broadcasting, but because of the hoax, they have received over 30 million letters from concerned Christians over the past 20 years!

Did I say 20 years? Yes. That is how long that particular "Urban Legend" has been in existence. How do I know that for sure you may be wondering? It's because I went to the SNOPES Web site, and then typed "FCC" in the search box - which presented with me all of the details about the legend. If you want a direct link to the article - click here. SNOPES is the best urban legend buster on the Web - in my humble opinion that is.