concha Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Just now, stanscript said: ^ ^ ^ ^ This is a great example of how the conspiracy theorist mind works. Everything that he doesn't agree with is suspect or flawed. No wonder he backs Cadet Bone Spurs. I'll take a Dartmouth, Oxford, the Washington Post and Snopes any day. Who you got Jr. Cadet ? Breitbart, Infowars, Fox News? Let the record show that our esteemed colleague has just completely ducked and dodged the points I made about the "studies". ZERO substantive rebuttal. Z-E-R-O He opens his mouth, they throw in the shit, and says "mmmmmm... chocolate ice cream". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Just one article (by a non right wing paper I might add) about one of the "fact checkers" that stansscript holds in such high esteem: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4730092/Snopes-brink-founder-accused-fraud-lying.html 'Fact checking' website Snopes on verge of collapse after founder is accused of fraud, lies, and putting prostitutes and his honeymoon on expenses (and it hasn't told its readers THOSE facts) 'Fact-checking' website Snopes is asking its users for help in a GoFundMe saying an 'outside vendor' is 'holding it hostage' But the site which claims to be 'transparent' and to tell people the facts they need to know hasn't told those donating everything that is going on In fact it is at the center of a bitter legal battle with its CEO being accused of fraud, lies, conspiracy and putting prostitutes and his honeymoon on expenses David Mikkelson set up company which owns Snopes.com in 2003 with then wife Barbara but she sold her 50 per cent stake during bitter divorce Owners of company which provided it with tech and advertising services bought her stake but have now fallen out with Mikkelson and call him a fraudster Case could see judge order site closed - despite it being chosen by Facebook to arbitrate on fake news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanscript Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 16 minutes ago, concha said: Just one article (by a non right wing paper I might add) about one of the "fact checkers" that stansscript holds in such high esteem: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4730092/Snopes-brink-founder-accused-fraud-lying.html 'Fact checking' website Snopes on verge of collapse after founder is accused of fraud, lies, and putting prostitutes and his honeymoon on expenses (and it hasn't told its readers THOSE facts) 'Fact-checking' website Snopes is asking its users for help in a GoFundMe saying an 'outside vendor' is 'holding it hostage' But the site which claims to be 'transparent' and to tell people the facts they need to know hasn't told those donating everything that is going on In fact it is at the center of a bitter legal battle with its CEO being accused of fraud, lies, conspiracy and putting prostitutes and his honeymoon on expenses David Mikkelson set up company which owns Snopes.com in 2003 with then wife Barbara but she sold her 50 per cent stake during bitter divorce Owners of company which provided it with tech and advertising services bought her stake but have now fallen out with Mikkelson and call him a fraudster Case could see judge order site closed - despite it being chosen by Facebook to arbitrate on fake news The Daily Mail is a right wing rag. Nice try, idiot. It's the English version of the National Enquirer. And that's where Junior Cadet Concha gets his information. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/right/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Just now, stanscript said: The Daily Mail is not an unbiased source. Nice try, idiot. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/right/ Sport, the site you use utilizes the very "fact checkers" I referenced earlier and made points about that you studiously dodged. Congrats. Maybe you could look into the background and political leanings of one of their main "fact checkers", Kim Lacapria. Maybe you should familiarize yourself with Alan Grayson, the uber-liberal clown that "PolitiFact" wanted to hire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thc6795 Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 53 minutes ago, concha said: Sport, the site you use utilizes the very "fact checkers" I referenced earlier and made points about that you studiously dodged. Congrats. Maybe you could look into the background and political leanings of one of their main "fact checkers", Kim Lacapria. Maybe you should familiarize yourself with Alan Grayson, the uber-liberal clown that "PolitiFact" wanted to hire. Maybe he should just stick to blowing ned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlockIsHot Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Right wing fact checkers are like using fat people to taste test cheeseburgers and pizzas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noonereal Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 4 hours ago, TheBlockIsHot said: Right wing fact checkers are like using fat people to taste test cheeseburgers and pizzas. Concha is fat so this is funny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Speaking of not news to some here... https://ca.news.yahoo.com/u-jobless-claims-unexpectedly-drop-near-45-low-133609683--finance.html U.S. jobless claims drop to near 45-year low https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2018/02/08/unemployment-lines-are-really-really-short/ Unemployment Lines Are Really, Really Short Surprisingly few people are filing jobless claims Initial jobless claims reported Thursday morning were 221,000 for the previous week, about 11,000 fewer than expected. That series is volatile, but the smoother four-week average is now down to 225,000, which is the lowest figure since 1973. Considering the fact that the U.S. population was a third lower back then, that comparison is remarkable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORabidOne Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 20 hours ago, DBP66 said: Trump supporters share more fake news than anyone else, study shows Emily Shugerman,The Independent 12 hours ago Trump supporters share more fake news on social media than any other political group, according to a new study from Oxford University. Researchers studied more than 13,000 Twitter users and 47,000 Facebook pages in the days leading up to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address to determine which social media users spread the most “junk” news. They discovered that Trump supporters on Twitter shared more unreliable news than all other groups combined. On Facebook, extreme conservatives share more junk news than all other audiences put together. The researchers defined “junk news” as “misleading, deceptive or incorrect information purporting to be real news about politics, economics or culture”. A team of 12 researchers coded news stories to determine which sites were likely to broadcast this kind of news. The final list included sites like Breitbart News and InfoWars. The researchers then recorded the activity of 13,477 Twitter users and 47,719 public Facebook pages in the three months leading up to the State of the Union, in order to see which users shared the most articles from these sites. The users were then grouped into categories based on their ideologies. Twitter users, for example, were grouped into categories like “Trump support” or “resistance”. Facebook users fell into categories like “Democratic party,” “hard conservative,” or “conspiracy”. The researchers found that 96 per cent of those in the “Trump support” category shared junk news on Twitter in the days leading up to the State of the Union. This group also shared more junk news than any other group combined. On Facebook, 91 per cent of the “hard conservatives group” shared junk news – even more than members of the “conspiracy” group. These findings suggest that "a small chunk of the population isn’t able to talk politics or share ideas in a sensible way with the rest of the population,” lead researcher Philip Howard told McClatchy DC. He added: “That’s a problem for democracy. In an ideal world, everybody would get at least a few of the same news stories. There’d be some shared facts and some shared understanding of the problems” facing the country.” Mr Trump has long raged against what he calls the “fake news media” – a label he ascribes to reporting on everything from the Russia investigation to his TV viewing habits. The President even unveiled a fake news awards last month, in which he handed out to those he deemed the “most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media”. Outlets on the list included ABC, CNN, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. Breitbart and InfoWars were not included. HOW would you fucking fools KNOW? You NEVER hear anything about Trump, except through your Left Wing whacko media! Doesn't it seem a tad peculiar that your news sources NEVER have anything positive to say about Trump? And talk with you clowns about what Trump could do that would make you happy? And the answer is, LEAVE! YOU PEOPLE ARE FUCKING CLOWNS! One of these days, trump is going to declare open season on LIBERAL WHACKOS! And if Trump didn't tweet, how is his message going to get out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noonereal Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 12 hours ago, concha said: Speaking of not news to some here... https://ca.news.yahoo.com/u-jobless-claims-unexpectedly-drop-near-45-low-133609683--finance.html U.S. jobless claims drop to near 45-year low https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2018/02/08/unemployment-lines-are-really-really-short/ Unemployment Lines Are Really, Really Short Surprisingly few people are filing jobless claims Initial jobless claims reported Thursday morning were 221,000 for the previous week, about 11,000 fewer than expected. That series is volatile, but the smoother four-week average is now down to 225,000, which is the lowest figure since 1973. Considering the fact that the U.S. population was a third lower back then, that comparison is remarkable. then why did we need a deficit financed tax cut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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