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2016 Postmortem

edgineered

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1. I don't like it. (title edited)

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2014, 04:42 AM

Jul 2014

Last edited Mon Jul 28, 2014, 05:32 AM - Edit history (1)

First clicked on Florida where their summary has this statement:

Home to the longest coastline in the continental U.S., the state of Florida is consistently plagued by the threat of hurricanes.

Next clicked on their about button and read this:

Ballotpedia is an online encyclopedia about American politics and elections.

Their words 'consistently plagued' make me think it may be a bit biased.

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I don't like it. (title edited) edgineered Jul 2014 #1

I found it to be fairly well balanced Sherman A1 Jul 2014 #2

With a staff of 34 edgineered Jul 2014 #3

What wording do you think would be more accurate and/or less biased? merrily Jul 2014 #4

Maybe - edgineered Jul 2014 #5

That does not convey the bit about threat of storms, which is merrily Jul 2014 #7

On a national or edgineered Jul 2014 #8

"Consistently plagued" means that the threat is frequent. It doesn't merrily Jul 2014 #9

Thank you for passing that on. merrily Jul 2014 #6