University of Kentucky Drops Holocaust Studies (3)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/education/27education.html

New York Times
27 February 2008

Struggling to Squelch an Internet Rumor

By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN

Prof. Jeremy D. Popkin returned to his office at the University of Kentucky on Feb. 19 after teaching a lesson about Vichy France in his course on the Holocaust. During its 30 years on the curriculum, the class has grown perpetually popular, with 60 applicants vying for half as many seats. The university has even created a Judaic Studies program.

Yet, when Professor Popkin opened his e-mail that day, he was informed that his class did not exist. “This week, the University of Kentucky removed the Holocaust from its school curriculum,” the message stated, “because it offended the Muslim population, which claims it never occurred.” [...]

UK Government Acts Over Holocaust Studies Rumor

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7226778.stm

BBC News [UK]
4 February 2008

UK government acts on hoax e-mail

The UK government is taking the unprecedented step of writing to every embassy to stop a false e-mail rumour about Holocaust teaching being banned. [...]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL0426774520080204

Reuters
4 February 2008

Government acts over Holocaust e-mail

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain took the unusual step on Monday of denouncing a hoax e-mail claiming that the government has scrapped teaching of the Holocaust in schools because it might offend Muslims. [...]

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3338009.ece

Times of London [UK]
9 February 2008

How internet turned `fact' into a global lie

Alexandra Frean, Education Editor

A bogus but persistent rumour that British schools are dropping the Holocaust from the curriculum to avoid offending Muslims forced the Government to issue an official denial this week.

The rumours appear to stem from an article I wrote in The Times on April 2 last year which amounted to only 164 words. [...]

University of Kentucky Drops Holocaust Studies (2)

http://www.kentucky.com/454/story/292182.html

Herald-Leader [Lexington, Kentucky]
20 January 2008

Viral vicious rumor

By Art Jester

Be careful: There is more than one UK.

If you don't know this, you could start an international hoax on the Internet, just like the one that has bedeviled the University of Kentucky since last April.

UK officials say they have been overrun with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of e-mail inquiries in the past 10 months, after someone alleged on the Internet that UK was no longer teaching about the Holocaust because it might offend Muslims. [...]

University of Kentucky Drops Holocaust Studies

http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?category=1&artid=2873

University of Kentucky News
8 November 2007

University Debunks Holocaust E-mail Rumor

Allison Elliott

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 8, 2007) - The University of Kentucky has announced that a rumor, claiming the school has removed Holocaust material from its curriculum, is not true. The false claim has been circulated via e-mail. [...]

http://www.forward.com/articles/12198/

Forward [NY]
5 Dec 2007

University Dispels Rumor Spread Online

By Rebecca Spence

Officials at the University of Kentucky are trying to dispel a myth circulating on the Internet that it has canceled its Holocaust-related classes due to pressure from Muslim students. [...]