Replies

• tennmike Posts: 27,457 Senior Member

  November 2016 #2

  I still see posts from The Onion and Duffleblog catch plenty of people, along with other fake web sites. Nobody Googles the item in question to see whether or not it's true, and just take it as fact. Kinda like those FEMA concentration/reeducation camps, and the UN Forces on U.S. soil ready to round up us nutty gun owners to fill the camps. And all that other crazy stuff that turns up. The internet is kind of like the National Enquirer on steroids at times! :roll2: :tooth:

    “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
  ― Douglas Adams
  

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
• Jermanator Posts: 16,244 Senior Member

  November 2016 #3

  Forget the students, I know grown men that cite The National Enquirer.

  Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

  -Thomas Paine

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
• tubabucknut Posts: 3,520 Senior Member

  November 2016 #4

  Jermanator wrote: »

  Forget the students, I know grown men that cite The National Enquirer.

  
  I wasn't going to say it.

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
• Bigslug Posts: 9,866 Senior Member

  November 2016 #5

  PEOPLE ARE STUPID. . .and in other news. . .WATER: WET.:roll:

  WWJMBD?
  
  "Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
• Big Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member

  November 2016 #6

  Jermanator wrote: »

  Forget the students, I know grown men that cite The National Enquirer.

  
  Hey, I resemble that remark :tooth:
  
  Show me something that ain't true on here???
  
  http://www.nationalenquirer.com/

  It's only true if it's on this forum where opinions are facts and facts are opinions
  Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
  I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
• bhl2506 Posts: 2,046 Senior Member

  November 2016 #7

  Big Chief wrote: »

  Hey, I resemble that remark :tooth:
  
  Show me something that ain't true on here???
  
  http://www.nationalenquirer.com/

  
  You mean Elvis ain't dead? But they said he just went home!

  Refusing to conform to the left wing mantra of political correctness by insisting on telling the truth does not make you a loud mouth.

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
• sgtrock21 Posts: 1,933 Senior Member

  November 2016 #8

  When I was a teenager it was question authority. Now it is question everything. If it sounds to good to be true or to bad to be true it probably isn't. The huge problem is finding a reliable source of verification. We are often left with making our best guess.

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
• Big Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member

  November 2016 #9

  It is a TABLOID. But given what mainstream journalism has stooped to...........
  
  tab•loid (ˈtæb lɔɪd)
  
  n.
  1. a newspaper about half the size of an ordinary newspaper, usu. heavily illustrated, and often concentrating on sensational or lurid news.
  2. a condensation or summary.
  adj.
  3. compressed; condensed.
  4. luridly or vulgarly sensational

  It's only true if it's on this forum where opinions are facts and facts are opinions
  Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
  I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
• shush Posts: 6,259 Senior Member

  November 2016 #10

  Whilst awaiting on Mrs. Shush at airport arrivals, last week.
  
  I was standing in the newsagents browsing through Irish Hare Magazine - Spring 2015.
  
  
  
  Riveting.
  
  
  
  
  And forsooth, The National Enquirer 'Merican edition, was right next to the " The five most common reasons for airliner disasters" section.
  
  I was not tempted.

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
• Rocketman Posts: 1,118 Senior Member

  November 2016 #11

  I still remember all the folks saying Obama would halt the election via Martial Law and take on a third term. Some people are really over reaching in hopes of their theories or they're just complete dip sticks.

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
• early Posts: 4,950 Senior Member

  November 2016 #12

  Alot people believe the network news too.
  No comprehension that news was replaced with infotainment when the Reagon administration stoppen enforcing the fairness doctrine.

  My thoughts are generally clear. My typing, not so much.

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
• Varmintmist Posts: 8,305 Senior Member

  November 2016 #13

  The "Fairness Doctrine" had nothing to do with news worthy stories or facts. We had Walter Cronkite making stuff up for years before that went away. What ditching it did do was enable people to speak out against the "news" outlets.

  It's boring, and your lack of creativity knows no bounds.

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook
• early Posts: 4,950 Senior Member

  November 2016 #14

  Varmintmist wrote: »

  The "Fairness Doctrine" had nothing to do with news worthy stories or facts. We had Walter Cronkite making stuff up for years before that went away. What ditching it did do was enable people to speak out against the "news" outlets.

  
  Yes, of course.

  My thoughts are generally clear. My typing, not so much.

  0 · Share on TwitterShare on Facebook