Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

[anonymous]

pretty funny stuff was looking at beacon of factual reporting "awolbush" and under list of those who served they mention secdef rumsfeld as naval aviator but have to balance with "met with sadaam hussein twice"! what a damning indictment!

[GRUNHERZ]

Those sites are fantastic. I can just imagine the looneis behind them hunched over their computer typing up that trash, smoking their ciggaretes and nervously glacing over thir shoulders waiting for the evil BOOOsh cia to break down their Mom's basement door and take em' away...

[Sceadu]

Too funny.  Let me guess, you'll only believe bad things about Bush if you see them on Fox News first; but you'll believe any old thing about Kerry that Faux News tells you?  Enlightening.  Well, for me about your open mind, not really for you.

  Anonymous, I answered your question already.  It was in a different thread.  And the information on the test scores is in one of those links.  Try actually reading them this time.

[Sceadu]

Gunherz, you should really add one more quote to your sig. Try this one:

 "A mind is like a parachute, it has to be open to function properly. I keep pulling the ripcord and nothing is happening!  Uh oh.  Splat"  - Grunherz.

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by Sceadu
Too funny.  Let me guess, you'll only believe...

The impression I get from your rhetoric suggests that you would tend to throw away information gleaned from 'Faux' news.  

I hope it is mistaken, as I would hate to think your mind is not as open as you think it may be.

[Sceadu]

As long as it's news.  Unfortunately in the case of Faux News, most of what they spout isn't news at all, but political polemic with a decided slant.  Since they advertise themselves as "Fair and balanced" and claim that they just "report the news and let you decide" it's clear that they aren't anywhere near to being honest.  Now that doesn't go for the news itself, just the thinly veiled "opinion" shows.  For plain old news, real news not opinion dressed up as news, they are no better or worse than any other national media organization.  And like those other media, they must be viewed as always somewhat biased, from whatever standpoint.

     One of my personal favorites is the time a national Fox reporter was waiting to interview then governor and presidential candidate Bush.  Not knowing that the tape was already running, he began a long pre-interview suck up that included a slip about his wife working with Bush's wife in Bush's campaign.  That's hardly unbiased.  No surprise when the interview turned out to be one long campaign ad.

  Fox isn't bad all of the time.  Their local affiliates aren't nearly as bad as the national.  It was a New England Fox affiliate that first investigated and broke the news during the 2000 campaign about Bush's drunk driving arrest.

  Beware of self-proclaimed unbiased news sources.  One of the Washington newspapers, the Washington Times, is wholly owned and strictly controlled by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon.  I don't know about you, but anyone claiming to be the Messiah and having personal endorsements from Hitler, Stalin and Jesus is not someone I trust to own a newspaper.


  I prefer to find the most unbiased news that I can get.  So I avoid CNN and the other cable news networks, the broadcast networks, and national newspapers.  I get most of my news from the Christian Science Monitor; which, in spite of being run by some rather crazy religious nuts, prides itself on just reporting the news without added editorializing.  They are a good source for simple, unbiased reporting.  I also liked NWI for cable news.  Sadly, it was recently purchased by a group of investors which include Al Gore. That seriously damaged their credibility for me.  The Independent is a sometimes useful news source, for a British paper.  The Guardian is pure trash, and almost always slanted too far to the left.  

  If I want slanted news, then I'll read the Onion.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Sceadu
As long as it's news.  Unfortunately in the case of Faux News, most of what they spout isn't news at all, but political polemic with a decided slant.  Since they advertise themselves as "Fair and balanced" and claim that they just "report the news and let you decide" it's clear that they aren't anywhere near to being honest.  Now that doesn't go for the news itself, just the thinly veiled "opinion" shows.  For plain old news, real news not opinion dressed up as news, they are no better or worse than any other national media organization.  And like those other media, they must be viewed as always somewhat biased, from whatever standpoint.

     One of my personal favorites is the time a national Fox reporter was waiting to interview then governor and presidential candidate Bush.  Not knowing that the tape was already running, he began a long pre-interview suck up that included a slip about his wife working with Bush's wife in Bush's campaign.  That's hardly unbiased.  No surprise when the interview turned out to be one long campaign ad.

  Fox isn't bad all of the time.  Their local affiliates aren't nearly as bad as the national.  It was a New England Fox affiliate that first investigated and broke the news during the 2000 campaign about Bush's drunk driving arrest.

  Beware of self-proclaimed unbiased news sources.  One of the Washington newspapers, the Washington Times, is wholly owned and strictly controlled by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon.  I don't know about you, but anyone claiming to be the Messiah and having personal endorsements from Hitler, Stalin and Jesus is not someone I trust to own a newspaper.


  I prefer to find the most unbiased news that I can get.  So I avoid CNN and the other cable news networks, the broadcast networks, and national newspapers.  I get most of my news from the Christian Science Monitor; which, in spite of being run by some rather crazy religious nuts, prides itself on just reporting the news without added editorializing.  They are a good source for simple, unbiased reporting.  I also liked NWI for cable news.  Sadly, it was recently purchased by a group of investors which include Al Gore. That seriously damaged their credibility for me.  The Independent is a sometimes useful news source, for a British paper.  The Guardian is pure trash, and almost always slanted too far to the left.  

  If I want slanted news, then I'll read the Onion.

Its so easy to spot your posts Weazel, too bad you can't see yourself.

[midnight Target]

His Teeth were there...Was He?

Anyone collected yet?

[Torque]

Originally posted by midnight Target
His Teeth were there...Was He?

Anyone collected yet?

That's a funny site.

[Sceadu]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Its so easy to spot your posts Weazel, too bad you can't see yourself.

  Whatever.  I've tried to explain that I'm not this person, whoever he is.  This will be the last time.  I'll just ignore it in the future.  I had a chat in the game the other day with someone who said he was a former squadmate with this Weasel you keep bringing up.  He explained the situation to me.  I assume Weasel was anti-Bush as well.  It's also apparent that he tweaked your nose once too often; or you wouldn't be having these paranoid fantasies that he's around every corner.  You should probably seek help.  

  I suppose we could ask the board moderator to confirm that I'm not this person.  Okay by me.  It probably won't help much.  Paranoia is not so easily overcome.  Therapy might work.  Frankly, I couldn't care less. You're quite welcome to your fantasies.  Just don't breed, please.  The gene pool doesn't need your substandard chromosomes.

[Lizking]

I hear there is a 10,000$ reward for anyone that will go on record as saying they saw John Kerry's wounds, too.

[anonymous]

no mention of any pilot aptitude scores in the documents. maybe hes imagining things again.

[anonymous]

Originally posted by Sceadu
Too funny.  Let me guess, you'll only believe bad things about Bush if you see them on Fox News first; but you'll believe any old thing about Kerry that Faux News tells you?  Enlightening.  Well, for me about your open mind, not really for you.

  Anonymous, I answered your question already.  It was in a different thread.  And the information on the test scores is in one of those links.  Try actually reading them this time.

believe anything about kerry like his testimony before govt that is archived by govt and has existed for three decades? fox news is good they planted the evidence decades before they exist to "smear" someone they were truly psychic in predicting as running for president some day.

[anonymous]

Originally posted by Sceadu
Whatever.  I've tried to explain that I'm not this person, whoever he is.  This will be the last time.  I'll just ignore it in the future.  I had a chat in the game the other day with someone who said he was a former squadmate with this Weasel you keep bringing up.  He explained the situation to me.  I assume Weasel was anti-Bush as well.  It's also apparent that he tweaked your nose once too often; or you wouldn't be having these paranoid fantasies that he's around every corner.  You should probably seek help.  

  I suppose we could ask the board moderator to confirm that I'm not this person.  Okay by me.  It probably won't help much.  Paranoia is not so easily overcome.  Therapy might work.  Frankly, I couldn't care less. You're quite welcome to your fantasies.  Just don't breed, please.  The gene pool doesn't need your substandard chromosomes.

braver words have never been typed.

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by Sceadu
As long as it's news.  Unfortunately in the case of Faux News, most of what they spout isn't news at all, but political polemic with a decided slant.  

Beware of what your own strongly held beliefs do to your perception: A excerpt from the following link...

The study also supports the existence of what researchers call the “hostile media phenomenon,” Eveland said. People who are highly committed, regardless of their specific views -- such as those who are strong partisans on either side or those actively involved in politics -- will perceive a generally balanced news story to be biased in favor of their opponents.  

http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/talkbias.htm