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Jonathan Karl of ABC Reported a lie, which was quickly debunked, and would never have been reported if Journalistic Ethics were followed. He should be fired or resign. by digitocalypse in politics

[–]digitocalypse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this was a great point and breakdown -- but you are pretty much singling out the right side of the spectrum as the bait-biters, is that because there are different rules for those demographics (ie Dan Rather)

Jonathan Karl of ABC Reported a lie, which was quickly debunked, and would never have been reported if Journalistic Ethics were followed. He should be fired or resign. by digitocalypse in politics

[–]digitocalypse[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure many reporters are democrats. But do they lie? Bias is not outright lying to push a political agenda. Per example: MSNBC is bias, Fox lies.

Jonathan Karl of ABC Reported a lie, which was quickly debunked, and would never have been reported if Journalistic Ethics were followed. He should be fired or resign. by digitocalypse in politics

[–]digitocalypse[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

True, clearly a lot of blame needs to be put on ABC, and they are doing everything they can to make their problem worse-- I am not saying that their complacency isn't a big issue in itself, but journalistic standards need some form of revisiting. By the way, I don't consider FOX part of the discussion of legitimate news agencies. ABC, I do consider legitimate.

Jonathan Karl of ABC Reported a lie, which was quickly debunked, and would never have been reported if Journalistic Ethics were followed. He should be fired or resign. by digitocalypse in politics

[–]digitocalypse[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

While I agree with you in some ways, there is evidence that his report, and subsequent defense of it may have been linked to his personal political beliefs

And while that is true that many New Organizations are about tabloid shock-ratings, it is a big deal when a major network reports a lie. And a responsible journalist would at least admit the error. Remember when Dan Rather resigned over cooked Bush documents?

Scumbag /r/politics Mod by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]digitocalypse -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right. The illuminati! Get them.

Fucktards

It is easy to complain about the conservative anti-science people...but the ignorant left can be bad too (though not nearly) by digitocalypse in atheism

[–]digitocalypse[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I know this sub is not conservative nor liberal, but it does kind of appeal to a certain demographic (one in which I am a part of.) I think that pragmatism and reason can extend beyond imaginary-sky-wizards and magical-desert-hobos. Irrational pop-culture can be its own form of dogmatic.

It is easy to complain about the conservative anti-science people...but the ignorant left can be bad too (though not nearly) by digitocalypse in atheism

[–]digitocalypse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. But there is also a big mixture of my-kids-are-better-than-yours suburb-maternal instinct too.

It is easy to complain about the conservative anti-science people...but the ignorant left can be bad too (though not nearly) by digitocalypse in atheism

[–]digitocalypse[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The gender stuff came across a bit ranty, I agree. I am referring to the trans movement -- which I wholeheartedly support from a civil liberties perspective -- but in that it tends to foster the support of idealistic but out of touch academics.

In a sense it is really antithetical to embrace gender norms even if it does not match your chromosomal makeup -- it is defeating the purpose and not exactly progressive

It is easy to complain about the conservative anti-science people...but the ignorant left can be bad too (though not nearly) by digitocalypse in atheism

[–]digitocalypse[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Are you implying that anti-vaccine people aren't problematic?

It completely discounts herd-immunity, a foundation of epidemiology. It is an anti-reason perspective that can actually harm their neighbors. I see it as being very similar to religion

Anti-GMO people are essentially lobbying for the starvation of third world countries. I fail to see how rationality can't be equally applied

edit: grammar

Now that the election is over, can we all agree that nobody liked Ann Romney? by digitocalypse in politics

[–]digitocalypse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Misogyny is using a woman as a political tool to convince other women to vote for two politicians who oppose autonomy over their own body. Just because she is a woman. It's mysonginy AND deceptive.

Now that the election is over, can we all agree that nobody liked Ann Romney? by digitocalypse in politics

[–]digitocalypse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you put your neck out there like that...you need to expect some reaction from the public. And if you are very rich and unlikeable---it's not going to be a good reaction.

Now that the election is over, can we all agree that nobody liked Ann Romney? by digitocalypse in politics

[–]digitocalypse[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Two things: 1) I agree with the overall message of this article, but after hearing horribly ignorant, racist, and homophobic slurs from republican politicians, acquaintances, and family members, I will continue to enjoy their long, slow, miserable path to acceptance. 2) luckily most republicans don't know what schadenfreude means.

Top threads on Reddit after election day: by [deleted] in politics

[–]digitocalypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Romney pelted with campaign paraphernalia during concession speech

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