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joeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 10:30 AM Original message |
Something stinks over at snopes.com |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. snopes.com has no spine to fight GOP Lawyers |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. They only investigate popular urban legends, and I would bet that |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. snopes is bushevik? well, time to move on.... |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 10:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. No, they're actually fair. And if they make a mistake, they correct it. NT |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. They did "apologize" to Michael Moore |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. I disagree |
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joeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. They would investigate to the best of their ability |
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joeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yes they are fair to dems and repubs but |
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Lancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 10:49 AM Original message |
Seems like Snopes deals best with a just a one- or two-word search, |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. I see it differently. |
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joeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 10:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. no it means they are not even looking at it |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 10:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. how do you know they AREN'T looking at it? |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
12. Because liberals dont make up dumb shit to debunk? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm a liberal...but do you really believe that? |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
14. Snopes debunks the bulk of its urban legends from e-mails... |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have often found snopes biased in favor of Bush. Here's proof: |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. If there wasn't any "public doubt" as you put it, why did people forward |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. So you are telling me that if we all agree to forward a message to snopes |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. If they thought it was a worthy subject, they'd check into it. |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Whitehouse.org is obviously a parody site; nothing about GeorgeWBush.com |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Ummm...don't we question those stories all the time on this forum? |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. The domain GeorgeWBush.com hosts the legitimate web site of President Bush |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
18. Wow, and I thought it was just an entertainment site, not 'hard news' n/t |
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joeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. When the MSM fails us, anything can become hard news |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. But as an entertainment site they should not be held to the strict |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. search smokinggun.com |
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