I'm not the only one taking e-propaganda [1] seriously this week. From the Guardian [2]:
Barack Obama is recruiting senior staff to a new unit which will combat virulent rumour campaigns on the internet that threaten to cost him votes in the presidential election against John McCain.
Barabara and David Mikkelson at Snopes.com [3] won't be the only ones busy running Internet rumors to ground this year as conservatives' default identity politics [4] gets into gear.
Links:
[1] http:http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/poisoning-well//
[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/10/barackobama.johnmccain
[3] http://snopes.com/
[4] http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=can_identity_politics_save_the_right