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Apr 25, 2015
12:46:10pm

BluePete

I'm willing to concede that "sometimes, the source is a really good indication

That the content is garbage."

Do the corollaries also apply? Does a "legit" news source ever have garbage articles? If not, please identify legit news sources that never produce garbage. Does a garbage site *ever* produce legit news? If not, please identify which sites *never* have legit news.

Does a freelance news source create a burden or does it offer a break from the Cult of Personality? Wasn't The Daily Show one of those when it first started?

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BluePete

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McDonald's to close 700 stores.

BluePete

4/25/15 2:50am

Everything will be on the dollar menu...oh JOY!

Heinz57

4/25/15 6:28am

So since the actual corporation only owns a limited number of stores how does

vacougfan

4/25/15 8:04am

Reporters rarely get the details right. It's flashier to say McDonald's is

4/25/15 8:23am

Yep. Not to mention the "struggling" fast food giant still cleared $4.7 billion

BoiseBlue

4/25/15 11:00am

first of all, it's an infowars article

4/25/15 8:24am

Here's an article from Time magazine saying the same thing as Infowars

byuluvr

4/25/15 8:37am

thanks for backing up a garbage source and website

4/25/15 9:06am

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Abe Froman

4/25/15 9:52am

so you are of the opinion that infowars.com

4/25/15 12:39pm

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Abe Froman

4/25/15 4:16pm

I think mental gymnastics you and your ilk

4/25/15 7:04pm

Was there any need to go straight to the ilk card? Sheesh.

BluePete

4/25/15 7:06pm

didn't know it was a pejorative

4/25/15 7:14pm

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Abe Froman

4/26/15 10:33am

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Abe Froman

4/25/15 8:35pm

Ha. Thanks for not disappointing.

BluePete

4/25/15 8:49am

and yet you still posted a link from infowars. who reads these sites?

El Joffrey

4/25/15 10:03am

Cougarealist did, apparently.

BluePete

4/25/15 10:20am

why did you post a link from infowars?

El Joffrey

4/25/15 10:37am

Because the info didn't change from news source to news source. And I like to

BluePete

4/25/15 10:41am

all it proves is you read sites like infowars.

El Joffrey

4/25/15 10:44am

Logic isn't your strong suit.

BluePete

4/25/15 10:47am

Of course not...this is the guy that posted a poll asking which was the better

4/25/15 11:35am

truthfulness must not be yours

4/25/15 2:38pm

Who else remembers this promotion from the 80s?

cucciolo25

4/25/15 9:34am

Praise the stars, that really hurtful sig is gone.

Shimmy

4/25/15 10:08am

If it makes you feel any better, I would still opt for the yewt frat party.

BluePete

4/25/15 10:21am

Protip: If you want to head off the complaining about what sites you get your

russkiejedi

4/25/15 11:40am

Pro tip: maybe I'm hoping people learn how to judge content on its own merits.

BluePete

4/25/15 12:10pm

Even after your last post from natural news was completely eviscerated, and

russkiejedi

4/25/15 12:18pm

I'm willing to concede that "sometimes, the source is a really good indication

BluePete

4/25/15 12:46pm

That's a lot of questions. I feel like answering zero of them.

russkiejedi

4/25/15 8:10pm

Are you saying that you don't have to consider the source and just accept

Shimmy

4/25/15 12:21pm

LOL. What part of "judge content on its own merits" did you miss?

BluePete

4/25/15 12:34pm

The part where the source is part of determining the content's merits.

russkiejedi

4/25/15 12:40pm

Then we're mostly in agreement.

BluePete

4/25/15 12:49pm

I'm sure that I could find lots of websites that present all sorts of untrue

Shimmy

4/25/15 12:42pm

CNN? MSNBC? HuffPo? Slate? ABC? Yes, please identify their facts-only approach.

BluePete

4/25/15 12:48pm

I consider the source on all content that I read on the internet.

Shimmy

4/25/15 12:52pm

We're closer in agreement than you might think.

BluePete

4/25/15 2:11pm

lpt: infowars is never a source worth reading

El Joffrey

4/25/15 2:41pm

At least shimmy has something to say.

BluePete

4/25/15 2:43pm

if you understand shimmys point you'd never link to infowars

El Joffrey

4/25/15 2:46pm

Because

BYUGardner

4/25/15 3:15pm

Protip 2: it's the easiest, most reliable way to troll some posters on CB

BYUCoug11

4/25/15 11:31pm

It's actually a good indicator the U.S. economy is recovering.

4/25/15 5:41pm

Interesting point. I hope so.

BluePete

4/25/15 6:12pm

McDonald's saw a huge increase in sales during the recession.

4/25/15 11:17pm

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