Consensus-Based Journalism -- why can't TO just get on the dang bus

[nashville_brook]

Don't they know that if no-one agrees with them that they are wrong?

That's what we have, isn't it? Consensus-Based Reality... Consensus-Based Journalism...

If everyone BELIEVES the earth if flat, it must be so. If everyone BELIEVES the truthout story is false, then it must be so.

Jeez! Don't they know that no one cares who their sources are... or what the story was a few weeks ago! By hanging on to what THEY BELIEVE is true, they are making us all LOOK BAD for not getting in line with the rest of the Consensus-Based World.

I'm canceling my subscription.
I'm demanding an apology.

I want my CONSENSUS back! Who's with me?

(okay, if yer not with me, i'll apologize and change my position -- but if you ARE with me, i'll do a victory lap around the Greatest Page).

[Coexist]

1. funny.

Heh.

[nashville_brook]

4. if you say so...

but if it isn't funny, i'll retract the statement and stick to provable stuff like the sum of angles in an equilateral triangle.

[theboss]

2. So, Rove was indicted?

Getting the basic fact wrong on your most prominent story is simply shoddy journalism.

[nashville_brook]

3. of course NOT -- unless anyone disagrees.

then, he was.

[Beelzebud]

5. Umm are you suggesting Rove was indicted?

Come back to reality.

[nashville_brook]

7. not if you're not.

i WANT to be a part of the consensus. i'm not a boat-rocker. i'm right there with you. unless someone disagrees -- then, i'll have to demand an apology.

[Beelzebud]

8. Look, there is thinking for yourself, and then there is fantasy land.

If you want to continue believing the Leopold story, go ahead. But you're only denying reality.

[nashville_brook]

9. i'm am in NO WAY thinking for MYSELF, sir

no one would like me, then.

[OzarkDem]

10. He might have been on his way

before it was short - circuited by legal maneuvering or plea bargaining.

Don't forget the big fish in this investigation are Cheney and Bush.

[nashville_brook]

11. oh my... is this the consensus, now?

well then, i have no choice but to agree and apologize.

ROVE WAS LET OFF THE HOOK TO MAKE ROOM FOR CHENEY.

that is, unless... anyone disagrees.

[nashville_brook]

6. Bin Laden NOT responsible for 9-11! i DEMAND an APOLOGY!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1410084&mesg_id=1410084

[nashville_brook]

12. Media ignores Rove's breech of security -- i DEMAND an apology

http://mediamatters.org/items/200507190004

we still like Media Matters, right?

[nashville_brook]

13. other Consensus-Based Truths we must get in line with

Bush won Florida.
Bush won Ohio.
There were WMDs.
Diebold is a public service.
Saddam was responsible for 9-11.
Bin laden was responsible for 9-11.
The corporate media is always right.
Gore was too stiff to be president.
Kerry was too weak to be president.

[nashville_brook]

14. another one: there is a winning side to this "debate"

:P

[NashVegas]

15. Thank You

Great post.