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Posted on 02/22/2010 10:39:54 AM PST by Treasa

As part of my daily routine, I'm reading a conservative online newspaper. I click the headline about "citigroup", and right away I repost the "facts" on a social network. Only to further reasearch it, (right here on good ole free republic) and find out, not so fast..it isn't as it seems. In fact, Citigroup makes a statement contrary to the entire article. So I take personal responsibility for taking it at face value, but shouldn't those kind of headlines be relegated to somewhere besides the front page?


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1 posted on 02/22/2010 10:39:54 AM PST by Treasa
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To: Treasa

2 posted on 02/22/2010 10:40:48 AM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Treasa

Reasearch =research


3 posted on 02/22/2010 10:41:05 AM PST by Treasa
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To: Treasa

What are you talking about? My esp is all clouded up right now.


4 posted on 02/22/2010 10:41:34 AM PST by dforest
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To: Treasa

I heard a rumor that using apostrophes to form plurals is a zottable offense :-)


5 posted on 02/22/2010 10:42:03 AM PST by T Minus Four (I already have a Savior. It's a President I'm looking for.)
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I was being ‘vague’ in order to avoid repeating the rumor and calling out the paper. Thanks for pancake.


6 posted on 02/22/2010 10:42:56 AM PST by Treasa
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To: Treasa
"Rumor's"

awesome album!

7 posted on 02/22/2010 10:43:37 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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favorite song was Songbird!!!


8 posted on 02/22/2010 10:44:31 AM PST by GoCards ("We eat therefore we hunt...")
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To: Treasa

Now isn't that special.

9 posted on 02/22/2010 10:46:32 AM PST by McGruff (Don't criticize. Explain to me who I should support other than Sarah Palin.)
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To: Treasa

Did you look inside the envelope?


10 posted on 02/22/2010 10:46:33 AM PST by mikeandike
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If you were attempting to be “vague”, then you certainly succeeded! :)


11 posted on 02/22/2010 10:47:02 AM PST by the_Watchman
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To: Mad Dawgg

Rumors

12 posted on 02/22/2010 10:47:17 AM PST by T Minus Four (I already have a Savior. It's a President I'm looking for.)
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To: GoCards
"favorite song was Songbird!!!"

Good one, but "the Chain" was my fav, awesome bass part!

John McVie is teh Mac Daddy of top 40 Bass!

13 posted on 02/22/2010 10:47:34 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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“...reading a conservative online newspaper.............Citigroup makes a statement contrary to the entire article”

“...‘vague’ in order to avoid repeating the rumor and calling out the paper.”
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absent a correction or retraction VERY SHORTLY from the “conservative online newspaper”, you’d better call it out, or shame on you IMO.


14 posted on 02/22/2010 10:49:24 AM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68
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Is this a vanity? What is it about? Is “Rumor’s” meant to be possessive? Does anyone have any idea what this post is for? Is it just part of that whole alternate reality world we are supposed to accept lately? Is it a troll?


15 posted on 02/22/2010 10:50:08 AM PST by NEMDF
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The Two Faces of Citi

By STEVEN M. SEARS |

The bank could be a winner or sinner. How to play either outcome.

ON ANY GIVEN DAY, CITIGROUP COULD UNLEASH a Pandora's box of trouble into the capital markets.

Then again, on any given day the bank's shares (ticker: C), which have fallen about 93% in the past five years, could start to rally on signs of earnings improvement, eventually even doubling in price. If you don't like suspense and excitement, don't own a $3.40 stock.

Given Citigroup's troubles, the company's securities are surprisingly robust. SNIP

IMHO, if a person can't aford to lose their money, they shouldn't be holding Citi.

16 posted on 02/22/2010 10:50:22 AM PST by spectre ( Spectre's wife)
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To: NEMDF; dead; Lazamataz
"Does anyone have any idea what this post is for? Is it just part of that whole alternate reality world we are supposed to accept lately?"

You need to ping either "Dead" or "Laz" to find out where exactly this thread fits into the cheese/møøse continuum.

They are the experts on such matters.

17 posted on 02/22/2010 10:53:37 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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To: T Minus Four; Treasa

That is correct. Or if not zotting, thorough and profound ridicule. I find it difficult to take seriously the posts of people who have not bothered to learn how to punctuate.


18 posted on 02/22/2010 11:00:07 AM PST by La Lydia
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To: Treasa

Sorry this post was not up to Freep standards.
I’ve been a member for a long time but I can’t take the heat, so I’m getting out. Any help deleting this post would be appreciated.


19 posted on 02/22/2010 11:00:34 AM PST by Treasa
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To: Treasa
I heard a rumor...

20 posted on 02/22/2010 11:04:48 AM PST by evets (beer)
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