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Snopes' bias, Part II
ModernConservative.com ^ | Christopher Cook

Posted on 06/09/2006 4:44:37 AM PDT by connell

..."The credibility that they've established is based on the laziness of reporters who have used them as a source."

That last quote is quite chilling: A Los Angeles-based husband and wife---just two people with goodness knows what agenda or leanings---have somehow managed to establish themselves as a pretty big boulder in the information stream. Most people accord the Mikkelsons a fair amount of credibility as the best source for confirmation or refutation of widely distributed Internet memes. Given how much reliance is being placed on their determinations, it seems like we do very well to know where they're coming from.

And so far, I'm not liking what I'm seeing...

(Excerpt) Read more at modernconservative.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Politics
KEYWORDS: glurge; hoax; hoaxes; internetbias; snopes; snopesbias
Thanks to y'all for your help with the background info that allowed me to work on this. More in future...
1 posted on 06/09/2006 4:44:40 AM PDT by connell
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To: BillF

ping.


2 posted on 06/09/2006 5:34:48 AM PDT by BufordP ("I am stuck on Al Franken 'cause Al Franken's stuck on me!" -- Stupid)
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To: connell; BillF
As time goes by your url to the orginal article will go stale. Here's the urls that will take you directly to the articles:

Part 1

Part 2

3 posted on 06/09/2006 6:00:09 AM PDT by BufordP ("I am stuck on Al Franken 'cause Al Franken's stuck on me!" -- Stupid)
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