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Dash87

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25. If it's your brother, nephew, friend, or anyone not you that experienced something,

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:07 AM

Feb 2013

and you decided to come on the internet and write about it for them, you probably made the entire thing up. Good rule of thumb for sorting through urban myths, bull crap, etc.

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5 Easy Ways to Spot a B.S. News Story on the Internet [View all] XemaSab Feb 2013 OP

#6. It has "foxnews" in the URL. Gorp Feb 2013 #1

heh... Ohio Joe Feb 2013 #7

Well? It's true. Gorp Feb 2013 #9

I thought of News max - hollysmom Feb 2013 #11

Fox news is bad, but there are sites far worse. Archae Feb 2013 #15

Sludge Report Gorp Feb 2013 #16

Man, I hate it when someone posts exactly what I was going to say... WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2013 #22

As others have also said before, watch out if it appeals to one's innate biases or prejudices. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #2

No news story that declares "Study shows that conservatives have a lower IQ than liberals." ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2013 #3

There are plenty of ways such a news story or study could be wrong. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #4

The Daily Mail is a guilty pleasure. reformist2 Feb 2013 #5

I agree. I check it out every day. n/t RebelOne Feb 2013 #13

I read the UKDM...daily. I'd like you to point out where its hard news is bogus. But hey: CRACKED? WinkyDink Feb 2013 #6

And chances are that it will be posted by someone in GD...nt SidDithers Feb 2013 #8

Didja notice "Natural News" was one of their "do not believe" cites? REP Feb 2013 #18

Yep, that's another "assume they're lying by default" site. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #19

Check the date lpbk2713 Feb 2013 #10

Andrew Breitbart's name is somehow associated with it. nt Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #12

Yes, I HATE HATE HATE when DUers use the FUCKING Daily Mail as a source, like this DUer did: Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #14

"Forward this to everyone you know" = total crap nt HomeboyHombre Feb 2013 #17

I love that someone went and registered alientruthrevealed.blogspot after that post Posteritatis Feb 2013 #20

. XemaSab Feb 2013 #21

Yep. Nails it. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #23

#6 It is in General Discussion on DU cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #24

If it's your brother, nephew, friend, or anyone not you that experienced something, Dash87 Feb 2013 #25

Headline contains both "Republican" and "Strategy" Bigbluebrush Feb 2013 #26