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i can't believe there's no previous category for this

6/16 still orphan, so promoted for visibilitysee pvt email pseudo-scandal=moderation chapter;<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">4.3 Digital Media<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">4.3.1 EmailEmail may be the digital equivalent of direct mail in that it goes to a targeted group, so the message can be tailored.  Similarly, there may be no counter for misinformation.  In fact the same misinformation heard from different sources at the same time will add credibility (recall the coordinated messaging echo chamber effect noted above).  Many people are aware that misinformation gets transmitted via email (e.g., the ubiquitous Nigerian dictator scam), but if a person believes that an email has been intentionally forwarded from a trusted source, the message is likely to be trusted.  Even if the information is refuted by reputable mainstream sources (assuming a person views them), if such sources are viewed as biased/unreliable, a person may choose to believe the original message.  Moreover, with hyperlinks and attachments, email is an effective way to distribute websites and videos, though in this email is being superseded by social networks (see 2.6.4).=During her tenure as head of the EPA, Jackson received criticism from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_industry" title="Coal industry" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">coal industry</a> and Republican members of the House and Senate, most notably Oklahoma Senator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Inhofe" title="Jim Inhofe" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Jim </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Inhofe" title="Jim Inhofe" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Inhofe</a>, for claims of the EPA overreaching on regulating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxins" title="Toxins" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">toxins</a> released from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_ash" title="Coal ash" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">coal ash</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_plant" title="Power plant" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">power plant</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury(element)#Toxicity_and_safety" title="Mercury (element)" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">mercury emissions</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-47" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[47]</a> Senator Inhofe, who's a ranking member on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Senate Committee on the Environment</a>, and does not believe that human activity causes global climate change,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-48" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[48]</a> called on Jackson to reconsider new greenhouse gas regulations after e-mails surfaced leading to the dubbed “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climategate" title="Climategate" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Climategate</a>” scandal.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-49" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[49]</a> With Jackson responding saying that “The science behind <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">climate change</a> is settled, and human activity is responsible for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming" title="Global warming" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">global warming</a>,” and that “That conclusion is not a partisan one.”<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-50" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[50]</a> Though Jackson and Inhofe have conflicted views on Environmental issues, in an interview he called her “One of my favorite Liberals.”<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-51" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[51]</a>On December 13, 2012, the Assistant Inspector General notified the EPA they would be conducting an audit into record keeping practices associated with the use of private email accounts by Lisa Jackson under the name of "Richard Windsor." The Justice Department has agreed to release 12,000 emails at a rate of 3000 per week from this account beginning January 14, 2013 in response to a lawsuit brought by a Washington attorney.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-52" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[52]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-53" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[53]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-54" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[54]</a>On December 27, 2012, Jackson announced that she would be stepping down from her position as EPA Administrator.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-55" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[55]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-56" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[56]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-57" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[57]</a> According to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background: none;">New York Post</a>, Jackson submitted her resignation because she believed that the Obama administration would move to support the Keystone pipeline and she did not want this to occur on her watch.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-58" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[58]</a> Jackson left office on February 15, 2013, and was succeeded by Deputy Administrator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Perciasepe" title="Bob Perciasepe" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; background: none;">Bob Perciasepe</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P.Jackson#cite_note-59" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[59]</a>At a House hearing in September 2013, Jackson denied knowledge of any government secrecy and denied that she tried to evade federal record keeping laws.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P._Jackson#cite_note-60" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[60]</a>

just heard npr segment politico fact checking in which a chain email claimed to have fact-checked but did not (as a sort of protective device for meme) 11/23/11