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Originally posted by JimL View PostWell being that the likes of you and MM are so stupid as to swallow whatever Fox news, Breitbart, and the like feed you, instead of checking out the facts I'll waste some more of my time and try to help you out.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-s...trump-goes-0-3
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This must be why Jim so rarely provides us with sources; they evoke responses like this more often than not.Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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Originally posted by Zymologist View PostI was going to edit your quote to add a strikethrough of Republican and replace it with Russian, but then I realized that they're pretty much the same thing anyway.
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Originally posted by JimL View Post
She's as nutty as those people who say Neil Armstrong never walked on the moon.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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So... it's basically the "Ignore the man behind the curtain" spin that I predicted. She doesn't dispute any of the facts. On the contrary, she describes the story with reasonable accuracy but then suddenly says, "Never mind all of that. Look at this shiny object over here!" and morons like Jimmy go, "Ooooh! It's pretty!"Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostThere is zero rationale for why any particular site is included in their hit list; they merely describe them collectively in highly disparaging terms.
Allow me to suggest that reading the methodology should probably come before posting characterizations of the methodology, but it's been three days, so I'm sure you've corrected this by now.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostSo... it's basically the "Ignore the man behind the curtain" spin that I predicted. She doesn't dispute any of the facts. On the contrary, she describes the story with reasonable accuracy but then suddenly says, "Never mind all of that. Look at this shiny object over here!" and morons like Jimmy go, "Ooooh! It's pretty!"
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Allow me to inform you that I had read the methodology prior to posting, applied such methodology to, i.e., the Patriot Post, and determined that, whatever their jargon, they're not nearly as unbiased as they pretend. Heck, given their definitions, the Patriot Post doesn't even fail the bias test; it is biased (like pretty much every other source out there), but it is hardly guilty of presenting commentary or opinion as news. Thanks for checking. They presented their methodology, but neglected to provide their scoring or rationale (which is what I meant by "zero rationale") for any particular site on their list. I'm not familiar with 90% of the sites they list, and probably for good reason; I'd avoid a good deal of them from name alone.Last edited by One Bad Pig; 02-09-2018, 08:16 PM.Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist
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Originally posted by JimL View PostYou got that right. I have found that it's hardly worth my time knowing the block heads i'm dealing with.Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist
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Originally posted by JimLamebrain View PostObviously you didn't read the article. There's no shiny object MM. The fact of the matter is that both the Democrat, Warner, and the Republican, R. Burr, respective chairs of the Senate investigation, attempted to meet with and interview R. Steele. The fake news site that feeds your thought mechanism, i.e. Fox News, put their spin on it, and like the dumb sheep that you are, you just ate it up the way Fox et. al. have you trained to do. It's an investigation you dolt!Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostAllow me to inform you that I had read the methodology prior to posting, applied such methodology to, i.e., the Patriot Post ...
... and determined that, whatever their jargon, they're not nearly as unbiased as they pretend.
Analysis requires measures, and, while the need to be highly specific in describing those measures, as in any math-based field, does result in a technical vocabulary that can be sadly opaque to outsiders, it's inappropriate to label this language, dismissively, as "jargon."
Heck, given their definitions, the Patriot Post doesn't even fail the bias test; it is biased (like pretty much every other source out there), but it is hardly guilty of presenting commentary or opinion as news.
Thanks for checking. They presented their methodology, but neglected to provide their scoring or rationale (which is what I meant by "zero rationale") for any particular site on their list. I'm not familiar with 90% of the sites they list, and probably for good reason; I'd avoid a good deal of them from name alone.
There doesn't appear to be any reporting on the site at all, aside from a headline tracker filled with links to other sites on the list, echoing the study's findings.
#notallstories
But enough. It's junk news, piglet.
But frankly, this is just data. Used with care, just about any data can be useful. Rasmussen polls, for example, can't be used for absolute measures, but when compared to themselves, are perfectly acceptable in showing trends.
One of the more compelling outstanding questions in the past election was the impact of Russian influence exerted through social media. We know from Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, which have remained remarkably bipartisan, unlike others we might mention in the House, (and I hope you appreciate the unshortened url's, because they're slow torture when editing), that there were 36,000 Russian bots loose on Twitter, just for instance.
It would be good to know how much of a threat this capability poses to our next elections. The numbers of accounts and bots mean nothing if we can't relate them to their impact on targeted constituencies. CPRP can't do that, but it can help identify constituencies that are more susceptible to targeting.
That would be useful.
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Uh-oh...
The "Clinton operatives" in question were "long-time Clinton operative Sidney Blumenthal" and journalist Cody Shearer who has close personal and professional ties to the Clintons.
And liberals are still trying to pretend that the dossier is legitimate, independent, and unbiased intelligence work.Last edited by Mountain Man; 02-10-2018, 10:17 AM.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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