Editing George Carlin (section)

== Internet hoaxes ==
Many quotations have been falsely attributed to Carlin, including various joke lists, rants, and other pieces. The website [[Snopes]], which debunks [[urban legend]]s and myths, has addressed these hoaxes.<ref>
* {{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/glurge/aging.asp |last=Mikkelson |first=Barbara |title=George Carlin on Aging |website=[[Snopes.com]] |date=June 27, 2008 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/paradox.asp |last=Mikkelson |first=Barbara |title=The Paradox of Our Time |date=November 1, 2007|website=Snopes.com |access-date=June 12, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/carlin.asp |last=Mikkelson |first=Barbara |title=The Bad American |date=October 2, 2005|website=Snopes.com |access-date=June 12, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/carlin.asp |last=Mikkelson |first=Barbara |title=Hurricane Rules |date=October 23, 2005|website=Snopes.com |access-date=June 12, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/carlingas.asp |last=Mikkelson |first=Barbara |title=Gas Crisis Solution |date=February 5, 2007|website=Snopes.com |access-date=June 11, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/newrules.asp |last=Mikkelson |first=Barbara |title=New Rules for 2006 |date=January 12, 2006|website=Snopes.com |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> Many of them contain material that runs counter to Carlin's viewpoints; some are especially hostile toward racial groups, gay people, women, the homeless, and other targets. Carlin was aware of this and debunked the quotes, writing on his website, "Here's a rule of thumb, folks: nothing you see on the Internet is mine unless it comes from one of my albums, books, HBO specials, or appeared on my website. [...] It bothers me that some people might believe that I would be capable of writing some of this stuff."

In 2011, [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] referenced the hoaxes in his song "[[Alpocalypse#Track listing|Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me]]" with the lyric, "And by the way, your quotes from George Carlin aren't really George Carlin."