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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 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.
