Claim: We don't usually hit up gossip site Gawker for our fact-checking. We're an academic group, and we're serious and stuff! But we can't ignore the site's set-up and take-down of one of the weirder Internet rumors we've ever seen. As most of the Internet knows by now, Gawker both popularized and debunked the claim that President Barack Obama appeared in a 1993 music video for one-hit wonder Tag Team's infectious "Whoomp ." Here's how it went down: Whoomp: A tipster sent Gawker the 1993 video,
Fact-check: Whatz Up, Whatz Up With the 'Whoomp' Video? - FactCheck.org
Verdict: we don't usually hit up gossip site gawker for our fact-checking. we're an academic group, and we're serious and stuff! but we can't ignore the site's set-up and take-down of one of the weirder internet rumors we've ever seen. as most of the internet knows by now, gawker both popularized and debunked the claim that president barack obama appeared in a 1993 music video for one-hit wonder tag team's infectious "whoomp ." here's how it went down: whoomp: a tipster sent gawker the 1993 video,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Jess Henig
Date published: 2010-06-10T15:09:52