Reply #26: "Pored through" has passed into usage.

[Fridays Child]

Language is fluid. See post #13 and Google "pored through."

And the author did not suggest that the pirates who attacked the Maersk Alabama were environmental crusaders. The article was about a broader view of pirates, which, while acknowledging that some are "gangsters," suggests that the motives of others could be misunderstood.

You may not feel lied to because, like many DUers, you're not content to pick only the low-hanging fruit from the news tree. But for those who can't, or choose not to, stretch their arms, the proverbial devil remains in the details. Most of the mainstream media regularly perpetrate lies of omission, when they present information devoid of meaningful context--particularly when they're aware of how that information will feed the fires of prevailing assumptions. The practice is a hallmark of propagandism.