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Misinformation (13 posts)

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Let’s Talk About Sex – Part 1

Leading in the Margins ― Sex, Fear, Misinformation, and One Really Big God Sex. Is there any topic more scary for adults to talk about with students? Whether your a parent, full-time youth worker, pastor, or volunteer, sex is a topic that turns faces red and makes adults... (more)
 Ben Denen ― Posted on Feb 6th, 2012
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Frum: Fox News creates an ‘alternative knowledge system’

Liberal Fix ― #3 -- Frum is an outsider to the Republicans now, but I feel one day they may turn to him to figure out how to get out of the mess the Tea Party has created.By David Edwards on rawstory.com;Conservative columnist David Frum, who was speechwriter for... (more)
 Dan Bimrose ― Posted on Dec 12th, 2011
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Did Michele Bachmann Really Expect to Get Away With Her Jesse James Story?

Liberal Fix ― by: Chris Rodda on truth-out.org;Now, you'd think the realization that her fantastic family history stories were, indeed, being fact checked would have stopped Bachmann from using them. But, no. She's just kept on using them.(** Receive updates on... (more)
 Dan Bimrose ― Posted on Nov 24th, 2011
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Top 5 FOX Myths To Debunk This Thanksgiving

Liberal Fix ― found on moveon.org;MYTH #1: The congressional Super Committee failed because both sides refuse to compromise.(** Receive updates on this and other stories on FACEBOOK**)REALITY: The Super Committee failed because Republicans’ number one, non... (more)
 Dan Bimrose ― Posted on Nov 24th, 2011
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The e-mail rumor mill is run by conservatives

Liberal Fix ― by Paul Farhi on washingtonpost.com;The question is whether — and to what extent — white working class voters remain an integral part of the Democratic base. In 2008, Obama lost among white voters by eight points (including every age demographic... (more)
 Dan Bimrose ― Posted on Nov 21st, 2011
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Philosophy Wire: A man dies. So what? I did not hear about it…

Philosophy Wire: A man dies. So what? I did not hear about it…

Harmonia Philosophica ― Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-11-17]: A Chinese citizen set himself on fire in the Tiananmen Square [source: web news]. This happened a month ago however we lean it today because today the Chinese authorities decided to reveal the incident.... (more)
 Spiros Kakos ― Posted on Nov 18th, 2011
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‘Guns & Patriots’ Editor Creates Fake Solar Scandal About SunPower, Murdoch’s Fox News Misinformers Run With It

Liberal Fix ― By Stephen Lacey on thinkprogress.org;But when an editor for Guns & Patriots magazine (yes, you read that correctly) strung together a completely bogus “scandal” about SunPower using disparate pieces of information, the network was all over it ... (more)
 Dan Bimrose ― Posted on Oct 16th, 2011
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What News, Where?  I Didn't See no Stinkin' News!

What News, Where? I Didn't See no Stinkin' News!

Paws for Thought ― Okay, are people getting dumber, wholesale? Am I getting older? I've been trying to get on with some reading, just to catch up on the world at large, and I am amazed at the superficiality with which world news is treated. Are people just so used... (more)
 Aleta ― Posted on Jul 24th, 2011
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Everything you know is wrong

Dopodomani ― I love my Twitter stream. It turns me into a social media sunflower, as I’m pulled from my shell by a variety of individuals I’ve hand-picked to provide me a warm, steady glow of daily sustenance.  I’ve slowly, surely grown from... (more)
 Steve Woods ― Posted on Mar 15th, 2011
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Fox News gets okay to misinform public, court ruling

Liberal Fix ― found on ceasespin.org;Many news agencies lie and distort facts, not many have the guts to admit it...in court...positioning the First Amendment as their defense!The attorneys for Fox, owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch, successfully argued the... (more)
 Dan Bimrose ― Posted on Feb 27th, 2011
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The (Mis)Information Age

jakelacaze.com ― We’ve made the journey out of the Industrial Age and straight into the Information Age. The world is at our fingertips. We no longer have to rely on the traditional media sources. We can bypass TV and radio completely and simply plug in online.... (more)
 Jake LaCaze ― Made popular on Nov 5th, 2010
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History rewritten

It's My Life ― When I was first accepted into college  and was looking at all of the many different subjects that I could major in, one of the first ones I considered was history. Being someone who has always been fascinated with things that have happened way, way... (more)
 DarkSarabande ― Posted on Mar 9th, 2010