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erpowers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-26-08 06:38 AM
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People Too Gullible ?
Edited on Thu Jun-26-08 06:40 AM by erpowers
Are Americans becoming to gullible? Recently, there was a video on the internet of a supposed ball girl making an amazing catch at a minor league baseball game. It seems a number of people actually believed the video was real. When I looked at the video at first it seemed surprising, but when I saw the replay something made me think the video might be fake. I think it was the way the girl ran up the wall. I think I somehow felt something about that did not seem real. I scrolled down the youtube page to see what other people were saying and saw some of the posts saying it was actually a commerical. I think the commerical was done for Gatorade.

At least one member of the Good Morning America team actually believed the film was real. In additon, it seems a college actually tried to recurit the girl. So, are Americans becoming too gullible?



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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-26-08 06:40 AM
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1. Are Americans becoming too gullible?
Take a look at the past 7.5 years with George Bush in the White House.

There's your answer.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-26-08 06:44 AM
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2. Always have been. That's nothing new..
PT Barnum made his fortune on it.
"There's a sucker born every minute."
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