Reply #19: Oh Yeah, well take a look at the LBN Forum!!!

[acmejack]

First the RULES! You have to look at these to even post in this forum, but a lot of Boneheads ignore these easily understood (by most people anyways) instructions:

Please be aware of the following restrictions when posting in Latest Breaking News:

1. Do not post opinion pieces, editorials, or other stories that are not news.

2. Do not post news that is more than 12 hours old.

3. Do not post duplicate topics about news events that have already been posted. Please note that we are very strict about duplicates in the Latest Breaking News forum. Multiple discussion threads about the same topic are not permitted. If you would like to share a new article about a news item that is already being discussed, please add it to the thread that is already open on that topic.

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8. Do not post frivolous or off-topic news stories. The moderators of the Latest Breaking News forum have the authority to act as news editors, and may remove news stories that they do not consider appropriate for this forum.

9. All of our other rules for posting apply as well, including copyright rules.

Easy, huh? Now some examples of todays postings in LBN:

McCain Mines Bush Faithful for 2008 Team

Lieberman says Rumsfeld Should Quit

Nebraska to have a 2008 FEB caucus? (no link) state convention new

Anti-abortion activists eye inner cities

The ocean is slowly claiming Malasiga. They say it's global warming.

Ok, I feel better, I guess rules are meant to be broken. The media is not alone in it's inability to separate breaking news from the mundane or the mere somewhat interesting or the earth shattering from the routine. Don't be so hard on them. It must be very difficult after all, we have people who are unable to successfully differentiate braking news when provided with a clear nine point detailed list. As the Chief Executive himself will tell you, it's hard work!