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Wheat Loaf posted:Bias in news reporting isn't worth getting bent out of shape about because it's impossible to report without bias. The entirety of your nation's printed news being in the hands of a few powerful men who use it to push a political narrative of racism and poor-bashing that influences elections and referendums is a reasonable thing to get bent out of shape over imo
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It's impossible to be totally unbiased. That's why I read nothing but the Daily Mail and the Washington Times.
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I don't read any of the newspapers. 
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Wheat Loaf posted:I don't read any of the newspapers. I wish my local newspaper was worth reading. I miss reading the paper.
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AlbieQuirky posted:Yes, they almost all have facts in them. Huge biases, but mostly facts. Like, there is nothing in US newspapers (since the demise of the Weekly World News) like those "lady in Nigeria curses a bus, snakes crawl out of her vagina" stories. Yeah those are for american television hot hypothetical take: british written news being awful & dumb vs american televised news being awful & dumb is a sign of the literacy respective nations. even dumb people can read in britain, but in america it's not worth it to print that poo poo so they save it for tv.
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Randaconda posted:
he's here and he misses you
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From the world of professional wrestling: Marty Jannetty Releases Statement Saying He DOES NOT Want To Have Sex With His Daughterquote:BREAKING NEWS FOR ALL MEDIA!!! NO SEX WITH DAUGHTERS!!!
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I would suspect it has more to do with how newspapers are sold than comparative literacy. In America, news is subdivided between "respectable" and "tabloid," where respectable journalism is bought through subscriptions delivered to your door and tabloids are at supermarket checkout lines. Headlines for newspapers, like The Wall Street Journal, are more subdued, more about what the big story is, while The National Enquirer is blasting out crazy nonsense and big promises to get people to buy them. Notably, both are Murdoch-owned publications with terrible content, but the WSJ affects a tone of stable respectability because it doesn't need salacious headlines to move papers. New York is the special exception, because newsstands are still a thing there, and so you have things like the New York Post, which is basically the Daily Mail. England, presumably, sells more newspapers by the issue, possibly due to population density, better public transit, or cultural inertia, more than by the subscription, so their newspapers rely more on bonkers lunacy to move copies, while American newspapers rely more on creating a stable tone that avoids pissing off subscribers.
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Don't for a minute think that there aren't tabloid subscribers.
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words words words, I'm so sick of words!
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I'm very thankful the program we use has automated dummy text and will block you from typesetting if you leave it in.
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Powaqoatse posted:Yeah those are for american television Well, gently caress, UNESCO doesn't compile literacy data for either the US or the UK, so I guess all takes will remain hypothetical. On the other hand, Argentina has 99% literacy, and their TV news is like an acid trip.
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Police dog fires handgun found during search for assault suspects east of Calgary http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/chestermere-rcmp-dog-discharges-pistol-1.4313103 
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Facebook Aunt posted:Police dog fires handgun found during search for assault suspects east of Calgary Bad dog! (with a gun)
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Zemyla posted:Bad dog! (with a gun) We need a good dog (with a gun).
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UK TV news is less poo poo than print news because it's more heavily regulated. Channel 5 was for many years owned by the same far right porn baron that owns the Daily Express, but Channel 5 news was all celebrity fluff; they never told stdh stories to stir up hatred against immigrants.
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Phlegmish posted:Solution, British homeless people should eat anyone with Sir/Lady in front of their name. Slaughter them humanely using guillotines.
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I loving LOVE HORSES
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If she keeps falling off of this horse, they'll have a hard time finding an even smaller one.
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I didn't even know horse college was a thing
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jojoinnit posted:I didn't even know horse college was a thing There's a college for everything if you can pay.
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Miniature horses are the only animal other than dogs that are recognized by the ADA as service animals. I have yet to see one being used as a Service Animal, but I want to so much just to see everyone else's looks of confusion.
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Tiggum posted:Why leave out the Lords and Dames? I don't think Angela Lansbury or Maggie Smith would provide much sustenance.
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The MSJ posted:She sucks at cursing if the snake crawls out of her vagina. The snake crawled out and bit her intended victim. Curse successful!
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Facebook Aunt posted:Police dog fires handgun found during search for assault suspects east of Calgary You're a loose cannon, Rover, but you get results.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I'm very thankful the program we use has automated dummy text and will block you from typesetting if you leave it in. I work for a publisher and last month our graphic artist sent our page designs for our distributor's sales magazine with the prices as $XX.XX. So that was embarrassing.
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AlbieQuirky posted:You're a loose cannon, Rover, but you get results. lmao
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Semen-contaminated flutes might have been given to children, California school officials warn Well that's about as bad as it gets.
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"Now watch this drive."
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ultrafilter posted:Semen-contaminated flutes might have been given to children, California school officials warn I read that earlier and the comments section is truly incredible. You've got people lambasting the Post because "there's not enough evidence" (everything is alleged or claimed and the story doesn't suggest otherwise). Someone said they ruined this guy's life (the man is unnamed). You have a guy saying this happened because the left breeds contempt(???). Multiple people think this is Russian planted fake news.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:The couple met in 2007, when Ms. du Pont offered a ride to Mr. Sutherland and a friend, whom Ms. du Pont knew. The Two men had just moored their sailboat and were preparing for a long row back to the dock, whereas she was piloting her family's motorized tender. I don't get it. Is the joke that they're rich, those assholes  ?
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GrossMurpel posted:I don't get it. Is the joke that they're rich, those assholes Sour grape is the official flavor of something awful these days.
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GrossMurpel posted:I don't get it. Is the joke that they're rich, those assholes Pretty much. The New York Times is semifamous for ridiculously posh wedding announcements that no one actually wants to read.
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bongwizzard posted:Sour grape is the official flavor of something awful these days. Also a great source for wine to couple with your slice of fillet des anciens riches.
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Screwdriving. Locating and exploiting smart adult toys
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Google's local news aggregator is developing a sense of irony:
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