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To: neverdem
But the quakes were a fluke, the report continues, as the geology of the region was highly unusual to begin with.

This is what really pi$$es me off about current journalism. They start with a leadin that wants you to believe that such-and-such is responsible for something and then, at the last moment, after some percentage has stopped reading, they say; "Actually, the whole report is bogus." They ought to be shot.

3 posted on 11/02/2011 4:07:24 PM PDT by econjack
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To: econjack
This is what really pi$$es me off about current journalism.

Tell me about it. I was driving into work this morning and KTRH (740 AM in Houston) was reading the morning's news. They mentioned the pipeline coming from Canada and I assume they were reading a Reuters/AP story. At the end they said "The Obama administration has said it will determine whether or not the pipeline will be built. Concern over the building of the pipeline has caused protests all around the country."

Now...here is what ticks me off. It's a journalist trick. Technically...they are correct. A handfull of people have protested in several cities around the country over the pipeline. But the intention was there to sell the point to the un-informed: "THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ARE AGAINST THIS...SO YOU SHOULD BE TOO!"

They are so disengenuous and manipulative in their portrayal of the facts. It's sickening.

16 posted on 11/02/2011 4:21:18 PM PDT by NELSON111
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