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It must be true -- I read it on the internet!
I try to be a fairly well-informed person.  When I hear something sensational that should be new and I haven't heard it, my BS antennae go up.
Here is an example:
http://www.youtube.com/user/fiercefreeleancer 
This sounds credible and has 2 million views.  The gist is that the FDIC sold the assets of Indymac bank in a sweetheart deal that turns any losses into a profit for the purchasing bank.  This sounds like something that I'd have heard about.  It should be pretty big news, but I hadn't so there go my BS antennae.
With just five minutes of searching, I found this post that disputes the claims:
http://realestateinvestordaily.com/market-information-news/fdics-sale-of-indymac-to-one-west-bank-sweetheart-deal-or-not/

The BS factor was so high that FDIC felt it had to send out a press release disputing the video:

http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2010/onewest_lossshare.html
 
It amazes me that people continually forward this stuff around.  I get things like this from my older friends who lived in a time when most of the things that you read were true.  I constantly tell them to do a little checking before they send me something.  www.snopes.com is an excellent resource.  If a BS email has been out there for more that a month, it is likely that they ... more

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