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snowlover91 said:
My sources are fine ;)
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"Fine"

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"A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for the purpose of profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact checked on a per article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. See all Questionable sources.
Reasoning: Extreme Right
Notes: Discover the Networks (originally Discover the Network) is a website run by the David Horowitz Freedom Center that focuses on the individuals, groups, and history of groups alleged to be political left wing. The David Horowitz Freedom Center is also labelled as an anti-Islamist propaganda source by the Southern Poverty Law Center. (10/21/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 6/19/2017)"

No, none of this is "fine", there's no room for argument here, your source(s) suck, try a little harder from now on.

NoSnowATL said:
No not really, white lives matter, black lives matter, all lives matter. Ugh
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What if your house had been burning down but your neighbor's across the street was completely fine? Does that mean your neighbor's house still deserves just as much attention as yours?
 
Webberweather53 said:
"Fine"

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"A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for the purpose of profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact checked on a per article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. See all Questionable sources.
Reasoning: Extreme Right
Notes: Discover the Networks (originally Discover the Network) is a website run by the David Horowitz Freedom Center that focuses on the individuals, groups, and history of groups alleged to be political left wing. The David Horowitz Freedom Center is also labelled as an anti-Islamist propaganda source by the Southern Poverty Law Center. (10/21/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 6/19/2017)"

No, none of this is "fine", there's no room for argument here, your source(s) suck, try a little harder from now on.



What if your house had been burning down but your neighbor's across the street was completely fine? Does that mean your neighbor's house still deserves just as much attention as yours?
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I have home owners insurance so I can rebuild. It would suck but all I would care about is my family.
 
Webberweather53 said:
"Fine"

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"A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for the purpose of profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact checked on a per article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. See all Questionable sources.
Reasoning: Extreme Right
Notes: Discover the Networks (originally Discover the Network) is a website run by the David Horowitz Freedom Center that focuses on the individuals, groups, and history of groups alleged to be political left wing. The David Horowitz Freedom Center is also labelled as an anti-Islamist propaganda source by the Southern Poverty Law Center. (10/21/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 6/19/2017)"

No, none of this is "fine", there's no room for argument here, your source(s) suck, try a little harder from now on.

What if your house had been burning down but your neighbor's across the street was completely fine? Does that mean your neighbor's house still deserves just as much attention as yours?
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Legal Insurrection, the original article posted, rates quite differently ;)

“Overall, we rate Legal Insurrection Right biased based on story selection that always favors the right and High for factual reporting due to a clean fact check record.”

mediabiasfactcheck.com

Legal Insurrection – Bias and Credibility

RIGHT BIAS These media sources are moderate to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may
mediabiasfactcheck.com mediabiasfactcheck.com

legalinsurrection.com

Research Report: #BlackLivesMatter more about radical social upheaval than 'Black Lives'

Using Black Lives Matter movement to redefine the American experience into anti-Capitalist upheaval
legalinsurrection.com legalinsurrection.com
 
snowlover91 said:
Legal Insurrection, the original article posted, rates quite differently ;)

“Overall, we rate Legal Insurrection Right biased based on story selection that always favors the right and High for factual reporting due to a clean fact check record.”

mediabiasfactcheck.com

Legal Insurrection – Bias and Credibility

RIGHT BIAS These media sources are moderate to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may
mediabiasfactcheck.com mediabiasfactcheck.com

legalinsurrection.com

Research Report: #BlackLivesMatter more about radical social upheaval than 'Black Lives'

Using Black Lives Matter movement to redefine the American experience into anti-Capitalist upheaval
legalinsurrection.com legalinsurrection.com
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In case you weren't aware of the scale there, right-biased is only one step away from extreme right. No they're really not that different.

Try again
 
Webberweather53 said:
In case you weren't aware of the scale there, right-biased is only one step away from extreme right. No they're really not that different.

Try again
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They rate them high on factual reporting, ie the stories are factual even if their selection favors right biased. This indicates their stories are FACTUAL, ie TRUE and not misleading or false as you allege. “High for factual reporting due to a clean fact check record.”
 
snowlover91 said:
This forum used to not have a “political thread” in the good ole days that I referenced ;)
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It's a good topic especially for 2020. Very strange times. We will not experience this type of year ever again in our lives. It's a lot better than it was a couple weeks ago..
 
snowlover91 said:
This forum used to not have a “political thread” in the good ole days that I referenced ;)
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This forum used to not even exist in the first place, there used to not be a completely inept, narcissist in office, a global pandemic, nationwide riots, & boring weather at the same time, and you are in fact part of the problem by posting almost exclusively in this thread and others that aren't weather, which you've been doing before 2020 or any of this happened. Pot meet kettle.

snowlover91 said:
They rate them high on factual reporting, ie the stories are factual even if their selection favors right biased. This indicates their stories are FACTUAL, ie TRUE and not misleading or false as you allege. “High for factual reporting due to a clean fact check record.”
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You can report factual information but cherry-pick certain facts you want everyone to hear and spin the interpretations from them in a way that presents a specific, predetermined narrative. That's hardly any better than reporting complete fairy tales.
 
Shaggy said:
I think we would all do well to remember we are all fans of the same hobby, and while we will disagree we need to remember we are all in this world together and are neighbors and countrymen and not ENEMIES.
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This

This board is a chance to converse with people who likely have a different background, disposition, and beliefs than you. Use it wisely and constructively, let your guard down, accept people will disagree, listen, educate yourself. It's my hope that this board is enough of a community that we can have constructive conversation even if it is a little heated at times without at the end of the day completely devolving into madness.
 
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Webberweather53 said:
This forum used to not even exist in the first place, there used to not be a completely inept, narcissist in office, a global pandemic, nationwide riots, & boring weather at the same time, and you are in fact part of the problem by posting almost exclusively in this thread and others that aren't weather, which you've been doing before 2020 or any of this happened. Pot meet kettle.

You can report factual information but cherry-pick certain facts you want everyone to hear and spin the interpretations from them in a way that presents a specific, predetermined narrative. That's hardly any better than reporting complete fairy tales.
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Dude, it was just a joke about the good ole days when this forum didn’t have a political thread, no need to take things so seriously.

Also, all the mainstream news sites are going to be biased on that fact checking website either to the left or right and many rate far worse in their levels of factual reporting too. Should CNN, MSNBC, etc never be posted as reliable source since they rate as left, one step away from extreme left, and have a factual rating much worse of “mixed.”? What news website do you consider completely unbiased and factual, according to the media fact-check website?
 
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