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Edited by Officer Nasty:
2/27/2014 8:53:26 PM
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5 ways to spot a BS news article online
^ Sauce
Here are the main points which are further detailed in the article:
[quote]5. It's world-changing news from some obscure website
4. It's from the -blam!-ing [i]Daily Mail[/i] (Or another U.K tabloid)
3. It's predicting some future disaster at a specific date
2. It's a poll disguised as a news story
1. It's about a miracle cure for cancer, obesity, or clean energy[/quote]
So remember kids, the next time a certain person, who will remain nameless in this thread, posts an article about an extraordinary finding about marijuana curing cancer or regenerating brain cells, yet the article comes from something like "leafscience.com," or any other obscure equivalent, it's most likely BS.
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1 ReplyGo Cracked
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1 ReplyThis list could be simplified to one way [i]if it's on bungie.net[/i]
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2 Replies> Camnator posted it Cam, you can't deny this. 9/10 of your articles are from biased sites.
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1 ReplyMissed the worst offender. Any article title that ends in a question mark is going to be loaded with BS. Question titles allow a "journalist" to write pure speculation/opinion piece under the guise of reporting. Then if challenged on accuracy, they can always use the cop-out, "I was asking the question, not saying it was true.". Also, some very important journals in science have some rather obscure names, and some total bunk sites have pretty official sounding names, so you can't go on that alone. The trick is to look at the small print on the bottom of the page or the "about us" section. If it is a site giving you health advice, like natural healing, organic foods, or telling you vaccines are dangerous, scroll to the bottom of the page. If there is a disclaimer stating that the information on the site is for entertainment purposes only, never take anything in it seriously.
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7 RepliesEdited by IchEsseKinder: 2/28/2014 2:36:56 AMSome sites you should stay away from: Huffington Post Drudge Report Mother Jones MSNBC FOX NEWS Info Wars
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Good advice, but if you want the true word on web authority and credibility, read the Purdue University link. I had to learn that in my English class last semester.
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4 RepliesIf its too good to be true, snopes it before you post it.
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Edited by Mmmmm Napalm: 2/28/2014 2:27:18 AMOne time some guy arguing that religion was the cause of all human suffering posted the link to some bullcrap study... The site was called [i]American Humanists.com[/i]... and he expected me to take it seriously.
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2 RepliesJust look for the Bungie name. Look at the BS news article for [url=http://gamerant.com/bungie-aerospace-details-announcement-benk-94091/]bungies last project launch[/url] ... what were the soft warm and wet BS lines thrown in there; "[i]will become a celebrated group of kick ass mobile developers[/i]" Funny, after 12 months the "bungie" name could not attract a single name ... all those cash hungry indie developers avaioded the bungie name ... wonder why (lol) ? Stinky Pete (Parsons) had to call on an old friend (Jordan Weisman) for a favor, to develop them a launch title (12 weeks effort). "[i]a platform for partnering with independent developers[/i]" Again "developer[u]s[/u]" - lol - only one. And worse still that one developer did NOT stay with bungie, they instead went with crowd funding and companies who know how to publish ... not a glowing recommendation for bungie. "[i]they were worried that hopes were getting too high – and that a lot of gamers might, in the short term, be disappointed by the reveal[/i]" What are these words of truth being spoken in a bungie BS news feed ??? Oh, it was the interviewer - opening his eyes early to bungies outcome.
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2 RepliesI'll refer Camnator to this the next time he goes incoherent!
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Good read
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1 ReplyEdited by BannedPiranha: 2/27/2014 8:58:47 PMAlso, if the article cites a paper always read the original source material.
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1 ReplyInb4camnator
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1 ReplyWell, I do enjoy reading Cracked articles, and I don't think I've ever seen this one
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Hahahaha.
