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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-10 05:52 PM
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A question about right-wing British sources
I have noted that sometimes right-wing and unreliable British sources, especially but not exclusively the Daily Mail, are quoted as reliable sources of information on DU. While I realize that an outright ban might go a bit too far, would it be possible for some sort of warning about such sources to be given somewhere? Just as non-Americans don't always know the nature of certain American sources, non-Brits don't necessarily realize how unreliable and nasty the British right-wing tabloids are (basically a cross between the National Enquirer and Rush Limbaugh's talk show). Mr. Blur and some of the rest of the UK-ers did post a thread about the Daily Mail and similar sources on Oct 30th, 2007; but obviously that was three years ago and now buried in the archives.
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Skinner ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 11:03 AM
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1. I agree that it is a concern. But I'm not really sure how to address it.
I think perhaps the best approach is that our British friends educate us whenever the Daily Mail is posted here.
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