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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: CC27 on July 01, 2016, 10:01:46 AM
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MineralMan (85,415 posts)
The internet is a rich source of information.
Trouble is that much of that information is incorrect, and that presents a lot of problems, especially in complex situations like presidential elections. There are plenty of amateur "journalists" posting all sorts of things without doing the necessary fact-checking. They write without including or understanding basic information that professionals would confirm before wrapping up their stories.
For example, much has been made of the June financial postings with the FEC. Some, however, fail to recognize that those filings have nothing whatever to do with June's numbers, but represent the numbers from the end of May. So, "Cash on hand" is not what is "in hand" today, but what was "in hand" at the end of May. June numbers won't be filed until the end of July, and the cycle of amateur journalism will screw that up, too, no doubt.
To get a true picture of almost anything, readers now have to go to the original sources, like the FEC website, and actually read the information there, taking note of things like what the data presented is really saying. Dates, etc. are important. In addition, the categories reported don't always mean what they might seem to mean at first glance. Accounting terminology has to be understood to accurately report on what's revealed.
Bottom line is that much of the information on websites that looks like reporting actually is not really accurate. If you want the facts, you have to drill down to the actual original information and read it fully, making note of important details the amateur "journalist" apparently didn't bother to understand.
It sure makes things complicated. The internet is full of information, but much of it is simply wrong. I just hate that. It makes more work for me to actually have to go looking for actual facts, rather than the clumsy way someone I've never heard of characterizes the information.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512230021
This is the last time i bring anything over that mineralman posts. I can't stand him anymore and his condescending shit.
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Once again proving that DUmmies are incapable of understanding simple economics & basic accounting.
Economic dunces will point out that XXX companies paid no taxes in a certain year. True for income taxes with their final corporate filing quarterly or yearly. But they always pay tons in taxes, which are easily understandable if you glance at an income statement.
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MineralMan (85,415 posts)
The internet is a rich source of information.
MineralMan posts excluded.
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MineralMan posts excluded.
Exactly!
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DU information evaluation. If it is something that supports your opinion then it is factual and true. If it disagrees with your opinion then it is a right wing talking point.
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This is the last time i bring anything over that mineralman posts. I can't stand him anymore and his condescending shit.
MM is an idiot and he's explaining things the way he needs others to explain things to him in order for him to understand. I don't mind him talking to the primitives in what we view as a condescending manner because in order for them to get certain things they have to be explained in kindergarten level language, which is where MM peaked, which makes him perfect for the job.
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MM is an idiot and he's explaining things the way he needs others to explain things to him in order for him to understand. I don't mind him talking to the primitives in what we view as a condescending manner because in order for them to get certain things they have to be explained in kindergarten level language, which is where MM peaked, which makes him perfect for the job.
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High five!
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MM is an idiot and he's explaining things the way he needs others to explain things to him in order for him to understand. I don't mind him talking to the primitives in what we view as a condescending manner because in order for them to get certain things they have to be explained in kindergarten level language, which is where MM peaked, which makes him perfect for the job.
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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readers now have to go to the original sources, like the FEC website
I'm cancelling all cookouts, fireworks and festivities this weekend in order to pore over government websites. That sounds waaay more fun!
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Rockhead is the type of person that can most appreciate someone wiring a whistling chaser with report to his automobile ignition. Speechless he would be and that is the blessing itself.
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I'm cancelling all cookouts, fireworks and festivities this weekend in order to pore over government websites. That sounds waaay more fun!
gNads, is that you?
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MineralMan posts excluded.
They're a rich source of something . . . :pokingpoop:
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They're a rich source of something . . . :pokingpoop:
The worms and bugs in my garden aren't even interested in that mess.
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Response to Dr Hobbitstein (Reply #11)Fri Jul 1, 2016, 11:18 AM
Star Member yallerdawg (6,036 posts)
14. Now, I do enjoy cats like everyone else does.
Not everybody likes cats. Barry prefers dogs.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxuhQ5hKDhw[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtsI7KRe_zQ[/youtube]
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I'm cancelling all cookouts, fireworks and festivities this weekend in order to pore over government websites. That sounds waaay more fun!
:-)
....and accurate!
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Not everybody likes cats. Barry prefers dogs.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxuhQ5hKDhw[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtsI7KRe_zQ[/youtube]
For dinner?
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Quote from MM;
It sure makes things complicated. The internet is full of information, but much of it is simply wrong. I just hate that. It makes more work for me to actually have to go looking for actual facts, rather than the clumsy way someone I've never heard of characterizes the information.
Modifying "fact" with "actual" makes it sound like facts are open to interpretation, at least to Libs.
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Quote from MM;
Modifying "fact" with "actual" makes it sound like facts are open to interpretation, at least to Lib's.
An "actual fact" to a dummie means finding an obscure blog in the furthest, dustiest corner of the internetwebs and agreeing with what is being said, whether or not it's true. Then that blog becomes an unimpeachable source of information.
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Quote from MM;
Modifying "fact" with "actual" makes it sound like facts are open to interpretation, at least to Libs.
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More like there are facts they accept - for conforming to their narratives and worldview - and facts they reject as "racist", "sexist", "Islamophobic", "homophobic", or some other "-ist" or "-phobic" Prog bogeyman for contradicting narratives and worldview.