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Care to unpack that?
It's mainly a joke, but the opinion side of that paper seems to be turning into Romper Room. I'm sure the people on the "news" side of the paper are probably mortified.
Oh sure..and always try to separate talk of this source stuff between opinion and news sides.
Or how about, since you are making this inference, just one link of me supporting an opinion piece in that thread used as fact? Because opinions have their place...but presented as a factual source of something...that is different.
Just one link, just one, of you calling out any of the opinion pieces in the Russia thread.
Like I've said 1000 times you demand links from your approved sources all day long and but never provide any. This whole source thread is total joke schtick.
When was I asked for one?
How do we get on this list? Because that would solve everything. It's the genesis of this thread actually. You running around demanding links, demanding better sources.....something you never do yourself as the self appointed Source Authority.
Oh I see. Maybe we should make a list of posters that will never address your source nonsense and see if you stop asking
They would probably say they did follow them.
I have not demanded anything...lets dispense with that spin of what has gone on right now.
From your link:
You believe the qualified mention of 'bear spray' as an admitted theory, is dirty pool?
I am objecting to an anonymous source being used yet again.From your link:
Regarding a quote from Goodman ... you don't have to trust Romney. I guess anyone and everyone could be spinning a narrative. But for the unaligned readers, here's something to consider from a January 14th Washington Post article -- and yeah, the sources aren't named. Feel free to disregard.
The flaw in your entire premise is that the outcome of the story would have been the same whether the source was named or not.
The protocols of an ongoing investigation, perhaps? The source was almost certainly an unauthorized leak, as opposed to a fabrication.
I honestly do not — and I suspect it’s because I don’t share your underlying assumptions.
I told you MT isn't credible. He is the OAN of FBG. His lineup dominator picks are not trustworthy.
If you aren't an authority how can you question sources and links. Answer, cuz u want to.
You can say he isn’t reliable all you want...the list was created by people from both sides adding things to it and it was one source to point people to.
So are you the authority. I knew it. (As an aside. I appreciate that you post something then you have 50 unrelated responses --attacks) its like you get a taste.
He's not credible cuz I say he's not. If his picks are bad. His opinions are bad. He is oan
Capitol Police are not allowing their officers to speak to the press about 1/6.
There's a place for editorial opinions, but they really should be separate from news reporting -- like, the same institution should not do both, IMO.
I agree with your post overall, but I wanted to especially call out this part because this is exactly why I subscribe to WaPo and not NYT. Most of NYT's columnists are just kind of boring. Krugman's been writing the same three columns for the past decade, and their other regulars are just generally stale and past their expiration dates. WaPo has some folks like that too, but overall their bench seems a lot deeper.
One of the good things about smaller-market newspapers is that they draw opinion pieces from all over. There's about 8-10 national regulars that get something like 3 columns per week in the New Orleans Times-Picayune/Advocate alongside the local columnists. George Will, Cal Thomas, and Rich Lowry from the right appear frequently, as do Dana Milbank, Michael Gerson, and David Brooks from the center, and Froma Harrop, and Eugene Robinson from the left.
It would pretty much only shrink the politics section and would mostly just eliminate the bad reporting.
The free press is the enemy of fascist government.
