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How to Tell if News Is Really News
American Thinker ^ | February 23,2017 | Alicia Colon

Posted on 02/23/2017 7:05:41 PM PST by Hojczyk

During the past few years, I’ve found that the fake news and lies told by the mainstream media were debunked by the website conservativetreehouse.com and its intrepid editor Sundance. When all those alleged police shootings of unarmed black men were being hyped by the MSM, this site dug deeper and provided links and videos that proved that in most cases the shootings were justified and the ‘victims’ were not always innocent.

Despite heavy criticism, Andrew Breitbart’s brainchild Breitbart.com is a good, reliable source for the truth. I ought to know since I was on board at its inception and news gathering was strictly monitored for veracity. I had to provide documentation for all my columns in the form of videos or previously published data.

Where, oh where to learn the truth about current events and politics? It’s not easy especially if one is not computer literate enough to surf the Net. The good news is that children are probably more savvy than adults so grab a kid and ask for help.

During the past few years, I’ve found that the fake news and lies told by the mainstream media were debunked by the website conservativetreehouse.com and its intrepid editor Sundance. When all those alleged police shootings of unarmed black men were being hyped by the MSM, this site dug deeper and provided links and videos that proved that in most cases the shootings were justified and the ‘victims’ were not always innocent.

Despite heavy criticism, Andrew Breitbart’s brainchild Breitbart.com is a good, reliable source for the truth. I ought to know since I was on board at its inception and news gathering was strictly monitored for veracity. I had to provide documentation for all my columns in the form of videos or previously published data.

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1 posted on 02/23/2017 7:05:41 PM PST by Hojczyk
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2 posted on 02/23/2017 7:09:42 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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It’s really too bad that the Breitbart website has turned into a buggy clickbait trap.

I’d like to read what they have to say, but I don’t have all day.


3 posted on 02/23/2017 7:11:51 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Yeah, I stay far away from buggy, noisy sites with too much going on. Those developing their sites can't seem to figure out it's a major turn off for most folks.

My favorite is, "Please turn off your ad blockers"...I'm cyber light years away at that point.

4 posted on 02/23/2017 7:16:02 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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We have to put all ingredients on a box of corn flakes why not a news story, pro, con, etc ... despise agenda driven news or when the news itself becomes news .....

Dear talking head presstitute just read or print the facts and I will discuss them with my own SME’s versus you’re paid polidiot pundits .....


5 posted on 02/23/2017 7:16:10 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: dragnet2

Me too.


6 posted on 02/23/2017 7:19:47 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!)
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——My favorite is, “Please turn off your ad blockers”...I’m cyber light years away at that point. -——

I get a chuckle out of those myself....

Ok... Let’s do that....NOT...


7 posted on 02/23/2017 7:21:23 PM PST by Popman
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lol...Or...Lets not, but we’ll say we did.


8 posted on 02/23/2017 7:35:11 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Breitbart? Ohh, you mean CPAC’s b*tch?


9 posted on 02/23/2017 7:38:10 PM PST by montaine
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To: Hojczyk
Why, didn't you catch the new CBS lead in logo?

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10 posted on 02/23/2017 7:38:25 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Hojczyk

I’m likin Washington Free Beacon more and more


11 posted on 02/23/2017 7:42:34 PM PST by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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...fake news and lies told by the mainstream media were debunked by the website conservativetreehouse.com and its intrepid editor Sundance.

After I made the post linked below, I stopped reading Conservative Treehouse because of its inaccurate reporting.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3347208/posts?page=12#12

Maybe I should give them another chance.

12 posted on 02/23/2017 7:49:16 PM PST by TChad (Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
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To: dragnet2
My favorite is, "Please turn off your ad blockers"...I'm cyber light years away at that point.

I stay away from those sites and sites that employ videos that autoplay the moment you open up a news article. There was one site, which I can't recall right now, that had three videos that started all playing at once. Any site that demands I turn my ad blocker off or insists that I have to sit through 3 videos playing at the same time, loses my clicks.

13 posted on 02/23/2017 7:50:43 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Rest In Peace MeekMom (1966-2016))
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Same here. A bunch of videos and ads start popping up, I’m outta there,


14 posted on 02/23/2017 8:11:44 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: Hojczyk
It's not too hard.

Just join Free Republic.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

15 posted on 02/23/2017 8:17:13 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Squantos
We have to put all ingredients on a box of corn flakes why not a news story, pro, con, etc ...

Good idea. Also, I'd like to know the political party or persuasion of the reporters... or with TV News - the anchor AND Guest.

When Chuck Todd has a panel of 6 guests - and five are democrats it would be information worth having. They can wear a blue 'pin' or red 'pin'...

16 posted on 02/23/2017 9:11:17 PM PST by GOPJ (What is called "Fake News" is actually deliberate and coordinated disinformation --Freeper detective)
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Any news organization that prints or says "immigrant" as a synonym for illegal alien is fake news.

Any news organization that prints or says "undocumented worker" as a synonym for illegal alien is a leftist activist organization.

17 posted on 02/23/2017 9:23:02 PM PST by douginthearmy
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If the media declines to cover it, it’s real news.


18 posted on 02/24/2017 7:45:09 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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