Are we checking internet “facts” as we should?

There's rarely a day that goes by without my getting some ideologically oriented emails mixing claims of all kinds with opinions and presented in such a way that it's always easy to take for reliable hard facts.

I just got one yesterday that was a comparison about the US budget and a normal person's financial affairs. While they were some good points made about it, it couldn't quite stand up close scrutiny for accuracy and even relevance. I will always try to think twice before passing on information that looks good but isn't really true!