And They Wonder Why We Distrust The News

Evidently the spell check often used by editors only applied to spelling and not numerical analysis. Perhaps they will need a whole new algorithm to amount-check their figures when they must have math in headlines agree with stories. See, isn't it good when they replace people with machines, and continue to remain ignorant? I can't find fault, I am equally incompetent in most cases when using my own computer but yes I am not making any money while making my mistakes. I have noticed internet headlines tend to have more mistakes when comparing to newspapers........perhaps so much is done on computers and there is a heavy reliance on spell check and it often finds ways of falling short.

If they come up with 300 billion for that, do you think they could tie a small percentage of that aimed at boosting educational results in the lower grades so some of our own U.S.students could eventually aim towards finishing high school too? It is good we have lofty goals, however we need to find new approaches at basics too, as our graduating percentages are pretty bad in most communities.

 

Apparently, Fox news closed captions identified Zooey Deschanel as the Boston bomber. Probably one of those spell-check "did you mean?" things when they typed in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

 

Well if the FBI were to send a tactical team to take her out, I don't think I would loose too much sleep over it.

Can't stand her brand of comedy.

 

With the Internet, you don't need to rely on the media any more. You still have to filter that information according to your own common sense, but at least you have a Chinese menu of sources instead of a media that plays follow-the-leader with whatever nonsense some nameless source spouts out.

 

Guess I'm getting to be too cynical but I've beginning to not put much stock in anything I read anymore.



About time too....Apart from what we on here say though Biak....We are of course the exception...

 

Wish I was a talking head. Haven't made it up that far on the body. ..A few more incarnations and I should be at least shoulder high.

 

I liked this one...



Yessiree, world class conclusion jumping on display for all to see.

 

Let's all salute London!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/photos-from-the-london-marathon-showing-support-for-bosto

 

I will salute London! Great to hear the support the runners showed for Boston. Very nice.

A little bit different than the disgust for the incorrect reporting, but in the same vein, I suppose. I turned off the coverage early, shortly after the bombing and just checked in periodically to get what facts I could root out of the perpetual blather, when I heard a woman reporter talking about poor little Martin Richard.

Not surprised but still sickened, she was reporting from the Richard's street and interviewing the neighbors and friends about that precious boy and she reported talking to his school mate and asking her how she felt about him getting killed. Seriously, do you need to ask to know what a poor little 8-year-old girl thinks about her classmate getting killed in a bombing just to get a dramatic sound byte? Do you really need to dig that hard and in such a tasteless manner?

Decided it was time to turn off.

 

I feel sorry for all affected...And I'm not the biggest police lover...But the MIT officer killed...He never stood a chance.

 

I would like to know where the # 8 posting came from as the logo it carries is not the source and we are dealing with "distrust" issues with this thread.

 

I won't speak for KB...but why not..Yes I will....Surely he is just posting ironically a report by said media which in fact highlights their errors and mistakes etc...Not out of line with the rest of the thread...I don't read anything else into it Victor.

As an aside...and as in Poppy's recent Canadian threat thread...The press conference there was quite impressive, with members of the press corps...asking relevant and respectul in tone...but to the point...questions.

 

What Urgh said... The picture is from The Onion, making fun of CNN's gaffes during the last week. I thought it was strange enough that everyone would see it was just a joke. The Onion is a comedy site.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/cnn-releases-photos-of-3-obese-mexican-women-suspe,32112/

 

I would have made no comment if the onion had been cited....but it does give you a 3 in one hit......making fun of obese, making fun of females, making fun of Hispanics.....guess you could call it shotgun humor.