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Did Al Gore claim to have "invented the internet"?
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- Posted: skeptive on Sep 15, 2010
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Did Al Gore claim to have "invented the internet"?
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ToggleNo -- he said that he "took the initiative in creating" the internet.
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No -- he said that he "took the initiative in creating" the internet.
misconceptionjunction.com
Al Gore Never Said He Invented the Internet
One of the things Al Gore gets made fun of most often in popular media tends to be the misconception that he at one point supposedly said he invented the internet.
Al Gore Never Said He Invented the Internet
. Now, all politics aside, whether you hate/mildly dislike/like/love/are indifferent too Al Gore, he doesn’t really deserve to be made fun of for this one; not only because he really didn’t ever say that, but also because he really did play a significant role in the creation of the internet and the World Wide Web.
Los Angeles Times Blogs
You know how Sarah Palin said Paul Revere warned the British? Well, he did. Now, who looks stupid? - latimes.com
Nor did he claim to, as often as you've heard otherwise.
You know how Sarah Palin said Paul Revere warned the British? Well ...
Nor did he claim to, as often as you've heard otherwise.
Huffington Post
Eric Boehlert: Wired Owes Al Gore an Apology
The fact that it was not true seemed to be of little interest to a press corps often obsessed with tearing Gore down.
Eric Boehlert: Wired Owes Al Gore an Apology
He never did.
Eric Boehlert: Wired Owes Al Gore an Apology
He never did
houseofpolitics.com
New Harris Poll shows Palin with 48% of the vote. - Page 6 - House ...
He never did.
dailybooth.com
On April 7, 1927, the first distance… on DailyBooth
"Al Gore says he invented the Internet" sure does sound ridiculous... except that he never said it.
National Review (conservative magazine)
Palin’s Paul Revere Story Is Correct
Nor did he claim to, as often as you’ve heard otherwise.
boutell.com
WWW FAQs: Did Al Gore invent the Internet?
"Al Gore says he invented the Internet" sure does sound ridiculous... except that he never said it.
LiveLeak.com
LiveLeak.com - You know how Sarah Palin said Paul Revere warned ...
Nor did he claim to, as often as you've heard otherwise.
hotair.com
Historians agree: Palin was right about Revere « Hot Air
Nor did he claim to, as often as you’ve heard otherwise.
Historians agree: Palin was right about Revere
Nor did he claim to, as often as you’ve heard otherwise.
SodaHead.com
Historians agree: Palin was right about Revere posted at 9:25 am ...
Nor did he claim to, as often as you’ve heard otherwise.
talk.baltimoresun.com
Margaret Thatcher: "Sarah Palin Is Nuts" - Page 3 - Baltimore Sun ...
Nor did he claim to, as often as you've heard otherwise.
opednews.com
Printing: NYT "Clarified" Santorum's "Black" Quote
Perhaps the most memorable refrain from Election 2000 was the apocryphal quote attributed to Gore that he claimed to have "invented the Internet" when he never said that.
matzav.com
When Palin Was Right and the Mocking Media Were the Fools ...
Nor did he claim to, as often as you’ve heard otherwise.
datehookup.com
Palin fans try to change Paul Revere Wiki page to support her
Nor did he claim to, as often as you've heard otherwise.
stripersonline.com
Paul Revere's Ride with Sarah Palin
Nor did he claim to, as often as you've heard otherwise.
hillaryis44.org
The Boob Economy Collapse - Obama Is The Problem — Hillary Is 44
Nor did he claim to, as often as you’ve heard otherwise.
politicsdownanddirty.blogspot.com
Politics - what I see and what I do not understand: You know how ...
Nor did he claim to, as often as you've heard otherwise.
romanticpoet.wordpress.com
You know how Sarah Palin said Paul Revere warned the British? Well ...
Nor did he claim to, as often as you’ve heard otherwise.
forum.goupstate.com
GoUpstate.com | View topic - Stephen Colbert Reenacts Paul Revere ...
Nor did he claim to, as often as you’ve heard otherwise.
freerepublic.com
Historians agree: Palin was right about Paul Revere
Nor did he claim to, as often as you’ve heard otherwise.
annarbor.craigslist.org
You know how Sarah Palin said Paul Revere warned the British? Well ...
Nor did he claim to, as often as you've heard otherwise.
Yes
truthorfiction.com
Al Gore claimed responsibility for creation of the Internet-Truth!
Al Gore Claimed That He Was Responsible for The Creation of the Internet-Truth!
Chris Matthews (TV personality)
"He's No Pinocchio" by Robert Parry
I invented the Internet.
Ceci Connolly (reporter)
"He's No Pinocchio" by Robert Parry
"The man who mistakenly claimed to have inspired the movie Love Story and to have invented the Internet says he didn't quite mean to say he discovered a toxic waste site."
Wired News
Eric Boehlert: Wired Owes Al Gore an Apology
Even in its follow-up Gore/internet article, Wired, which knew Gore never claimed to have "invented" anything, effortlessly adopted the GOP spin, reporting in the very first paragraph that Gore "claimed to have invented the Internet."
George W. Bush (43rd President of the United States)
Inventing the Internet. Did Al Gore Invent the Internet?
Bush runs commercials mocking Al Gore saying the he claims to have invented the Internet.