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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
To be perfectly fair... Fox News is included in the title of the thread (somewhat luridly), so it's not outrageous that people would give their opinions on the source of said news. But that doesn't mean the thread has to devolve into the typical right/left, political fuster-cluck either.
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it's not outrageous that people would give their opinions on the source of said news.
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You are correct there though it wasn't really germane to the subject. The problem is that some people then expressed an opinion on what kind of people read that source and basically did some name calling.
Let me give another example away from the political area.
The Honda Element is to be discontinued. It is a terrible car. For one thing, it's stated weight capacity is hidden in all Honda publications and you actually have to go look on the car itself where the government requires the capacity to be posted to find the number and then you realize that only children or extremely small or thin people should ride in it, if there is one person in each seat.
-- all that is well and good and can be argued about in a civilized manner.
But then if you make a statement about the Element similar to the one made about Fox, it might come out something like this.
Anyone buying or riding in an Element is a fool.
--Please note this is only given as an example.
I read that as "name calling." Not welcome on MR.
-- and as many do after making these kinds of statements, I will state for the record that each day and every day I will peruse "online" The Fox News, The NY Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Real Clear Politics, and if I have time, CNN, Politico and the Huffington Post. I will also check the Israeli papers every 2 or 3 days to check on the Mid-East.
And in the spirit of full disclosure, I have to admit, that I usually check Radar Online as well.