Drudge caught lying?

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What a fuckin' desperate spin job.....Wipe you mouth, theres still a tiny bit of bullshit around your lips....




Why don't you tell us when former Gov. George Wallace was a Republican, moron.

 
You do realize that the links to stories aren't written by Drudge, eh? He just provides links.
 
LOL, I asked if Drudge was caught lying, and Blabo displays his lack of reading and comprehension skills by pwning himself.

Forbes says he lied, not me:

"Splashed across the Drudge front page right now is the headline: “DATA: ONLY 85 MILLION PAY FED TAXES.” This is the old trope about most Americans “not paying taxes.” And as usual, it’s a lie."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshbarro/2012/04/17/everything-about-this-drudge-headline-is-wrong/

Isn't Forbes a conservative magazine, BTW?

Poor Blabo.
 
\\(())// said:
LOL, I asked if Drudge was caught lying, and Blabo displays his lack of reading and comprehension skills by pwning himself.

Forbes says he lied, not me:

"Splashed across the Drudge front page right now is the headline: “DATA: ONLY 85 MILLION PAY FED TAXES.” This is the old trope about most Americans “not paying taxes.” And as usual, it’s a lie."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshbarro/2012/04/17/everything-about-this-drudge-headline-is-wrong/

Isn't Forbes a conservative magazine, BTW?

Poor Blabo.
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Again, the "front page" is simply a link to a story written elsewhere. Whether Forbes and yourself don't understand that it is hard to be a liar when you didn't say anything notwithstanding, linking to what somebody else says does not a liar make.
 
Damocles said:
Again, the "front page" is simply a link to a story written elsewhere. Whether Forbes and yourself don't understand that it is hard to be a liar when you didn't say anything notwithstanding, linking to what somebody else says does not a liar make.
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And, in your estimation, what kind of effect does it have on Drudge's credibility to have links that are not trustworthy on his site?
 
Damocles said:
Again, the "front page" is simply a link to a story written elsewhere. Whether Forbes and yourself don't understand that it is hard to be a liar when you didn't say anything notwithstanding, linking to what somebody else says does not a liar make.
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(1) Drudge often (but not always) writes his own headlines which serve as the links to other stories. Often, these headlines are misleading. In this case, the headline was false.

(2) Drudge also often spreads misleading "news" by linking to less than reputable news organizations that themselves have an agenda or bias in their news pages or to opinion pieces presented as news stories. Like CNSNews in this instance. In my view, spreading falsehoods to a wider audience is lying.
 
Onceler said:
And, in your estimation, what kind of effect does it have on Drudge's credibility to have links that are not trustworthy on his site?
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Considering he simply links to zillions of stories, not much. What does it do to the credibility of JPP when somebody links to a story here?

While his site is an aggregate of links, he isn't the one reporting the HUGE majority of content on his site. There have been a couple times when he's tried to report his own stuff. Sometimes he hits, other times he misses those are what he would build a reputation on.
 
Damocles said:
Considering he simply links to zillions of stories, not much. What does it do to the credibility of JPP when somebody links to a story here?
While his site is an aggregate of links, he isn't the one reporting the HUGE majority of content on his site. There have been a couple times when he's tried to report his own stuff. Sometimes he hits, other times he misses those are what he would build a reputation on.
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Is there a difference between an anonymous poster on a message board, and someone who makes his living publicly as a purveyor of news?
 
General Buck Turgidson said:
(1) Drudge often (but not always) writes his own headlines which serve as the links to other stories. Often, these headlines are misleading. In this case, the headline was false.
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Ah, so the headline was lying and didn't represent the story, or did it represent the story it linked to?

(2) Drudge also often spreads misleading "news" by linking to less than reputable news organizations that themselves have an agenda or bias in their news pages or to opinion pieces presented as news stories. Like CNSNews in this instance. In my view, spreading falsehoods to a wider audience is lying.
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I can see this. Drudge also often links to CNN, Huffpost, and other sources liberals would consider to be reputable. It is an aggregate of information. I do think he tries to make his headlines lean right, and to pull an aggregate of stories and opinion that supports his own political view, but I don't know of any of the headlines that didn't represent what is in the story. (Of course I don't really go there that often.)

Now, the Forbes story should indicate who actually wrote the story and how and if they were wrong. Attributing the story to Drudge is misleading.
 
Damocles said:
Ah, so the headline was lying and didn't represent the story, or did it represent the story it linked to?
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Don't know since Drudge disabled the headline and link. The fact that the headline is no longer operable ought to tell you something. And it isn't a defense to write a headline based on a story that is factually wrong and that anyone paying attention ought to know is factually wrong. It's the old tactic of repeating a lie often enough and people will accept it as true and it's Drudge's stock in trade.


Damocles said:
I can see this. Drudge also often links to CNN, Huffpost, and other sources liberals would consider to be reputable. It is an aggregate of information. I do think he tries to make his headlines lean right, and to pull an aggregate of stories and opinion that supports his own political view, but I don't know of any of the headlines that didn't represent what is in the story. (Of course I don't really go there that often.)
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In general, He is right-wing aggregator of news stories and he uses misleading right-wing news stories to write misleading right-wing headline to hide behind a veneer of plausible deniability that you are all to eager to accept and repeat.


Damocles said:
Now, the Forbes story should indicate who actually wrote the story and how and if they were wrong. Attributing the story to Drudge is misleading.
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The Forbes story focuses on the headline, which itself was wrong and attributed the incorrect headline to the proper source, Drudge.
 
General Buck Turgidson said:
The Forbes story focuses on the headline, which itself was wrong and attributed the incorrect headline to the proper source, Drudge.
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Then it comes down to my first question, which you admitted we cannot judge as the story is no longer the headline and the link is no longer available.

I don't know if he "lied" because I cannot tell if the headline represented what was in the story or not.
 
Damocles said:
Considering he simply links to zillions of stories, not much. What does it do to the credibility of JPP when somebody links to a story here?

While his site is an aggregate of links, he isn't the one reporting the HUGE majority of content on his site. There have been a couple times when he's tried to report his own stuff. Sometimes he hits, other times he misses those are what he would build a reputation on.
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Riiiiiiight...so Ron Paul should be held responsible for anything written by another and published in a newsletter bearing his name...but Drudge isn't responsible for the content of articles written by another and published on a website bearing his name.
 
Damocles said:
Then it comes down to my first question, which you admitted we cannot judge as the story is no longer the headline and the link is no longer available.
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Actually, I can judge it without the benefit of the story because it is based on a known falsehood. Income taxes aren't th


Damocles said:
I don't know if he "lied" because I cannot tell if the headline represented what was in the story or not.
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He either lied or he's a total idiot. I don't think Drudge is an idiot.
 
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