The guy descending from power has plenty to gain from this "fake news" misinformation campaign that's being waged to lump deliberate satire together with legitimate criticism as "unreliable."
There's been eight years of legitimate criticism of the current president.
Fake news is about the future, Ask yourself has more to gain at this point from the proliferation of fake news. The guy who's leaving the job or the guy who's taking over.
Never mind. You won't answer truthfully anyway, so I withdraw the question.
Hefner's not a misogynist. He just loves pussy. An unlike a certain urinal cake on his way to the White House, Hefner understands that you're not supposed to grab that pussy unless you're invited to do so.
You let me know when you're going to Chicago, and I'll hook you up with a neighborhood spot that'll take good care of you. Plus, while you're there you can get the low-down on point spreads and get a slightly-illegal bet down on a race at Arlington.
I'll tell you one reason that's worth a visit: the Cuban sandwiches.
You make an important point. Cuban sandwiches are terrific. Now that we can go to Cuba for a Cuban sandwiches, there's no need to take the risk of setting foot anywhere in the state of Florida.
By the way, there's a truck here in Houston a short bike ride from my house that serves a Cuban sandwich every bit as good as the ones I've had in South Florida. I'm sitting here salivating just thinking about one of those sandwiches. Best lunch deal in all of Houston, too.
One of my biggest academic regrets... no organic chem, no serious cellular biology. Such an exciting time in those fields these days.
I guess so. My kid, who was working on a PhD in Math (like her mom) suddenly up and decided to change to some kind of "bio-mathematics" that has all sorts of the stuff you mentioned. Since my academic career was strictly in the Humanities, I don't have a clue about any of it, but it sounds like there's a lot of stuff going on. Some big lab recruited her to work there while she's finishing her degree and damned if she's not making as much as an associate professor. And she'll be graduating without a dime of debt, which makes Mom and I happy, since we told her we'd cover the cost of her education. Maybe now I can buy that sports car.
Me, I wish I'd learned HVAC. People will always need ducts in their houses, and heat and cooling. And there's very little math, which is good.
About half the stories in the "news" are about predictions of the future.
You think that because you're looking at fake news.
I have the paper New York Times right here in front of me from today, November 18. There are no stories "predicting the future", not even a weather report.
Here's the front page. See if you can find a "prediction of the future".
If by exposed you mean they admitted they had a fraud on the payroll, yes. If you mean the NYT investigated him and discovered the falsehoods - not quite. They were blissfully unaware until: "The senior editor of the San Antonio Express-News had contacted The New York Times about the resemblance between Blair's article in The New York Times and Hernandez's article in his paper."
That's proof that professional journalism works. The difference between the New York Times and a fake news website like Breitbart is that there is actually a measure of shame that comes from something like the Jayson Blair affair. Another organization calls you out and you have to retract and apologize. We have seen no evidence that Breitbart is capable of shame or self-correction in any form.
The best you can do with a Breitbart is exercise legal remedies, like in the Shirley Sherrod affair. Unfortunately, without the deep pockets of a billionaire with an axe to grind, it's nearly impossible to prosecute a shady outfit like Breitbart for libel.
Jayson Blair was exposed by his own newspaper (New York Times) in a 7000-word article and drummed out of the business. Your perceived "bias" or not, there is a long history of traditional journalists policing each other.
You ever hear of a fake news site publishing a retraction or correction? You ever hear Bret Baier retract his pre-election story about how "indictments are on the way for Hillary"? Show me the mechanism by which fake news holds themselves accountable and we can take your suggested equivalency as something other than rank stupidity.
Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels are now on my list. You're the second person in the past few weeks who recommended them.
It probably makes me a bad fan to believe that science fiction writing is as good or better today than ever. Writers are finally shedding this unwarranted reverence for a genre that was mostly pulp.
There is an immutable law in US politics: With the Right, it's always projection.
We are inside your OODA loop. We've defeated your tactics. We've spiked your big guns.
You've been had by a carnival barker in an ill-fitting suit. The political equivalent of the guy at the state fair who hawks non-stick pans. Your over-the-top triumphalism is an indication that fact is starting to dawn on you.
Slashdot Mirror
Your aunt died of shame.
God killed Antonin Scalia and Andrew Breitbart.
There's been eight years of legitimate criticism of the current president.
Fake news is about the future, Ask yourself has more to gain at this point from the proliferation of fake news. The guy who's leaving the job or the guy who's taking over.
Never mind. You won't answer truthfully anyway, so I withdraw the question.
The more interesting question is, "What is it about those in ascendant power that makes them benefit so much from misinformation?"
And I'm Madame Fucking Curie.
If you were a scientist, you probably would have figured out how to create a Slashdot account.
Ooh! I've got one:
http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/19/...
http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/19/...
You need to get over the fact that some people booed you at a Broadway show, sir.
The 4chan fact pattern.
Hefner's not a misogynist. He just loves pussy. An unlike a certain urinal cake on his way to the White House, Hefner understands that you're not supposed to grab that pussy unless you're invited to do so.
Yeah, don't to Uno. Chicagoans don't go to Uno.
You let me know when you're going to Chicago, and I'll hook you up with a neighborhood spot that'll take good care of you. Plus, while you're there you can get the low-down on point spreads and get a slightly-illegal bet down on a race at Arlington.
I'm from Chicago. It's hard to find pizza that impresses me.
I just want to bend sheet metal. I have a TI-83 to do the math.
You make an important point. Cuban sandwiches are terrific. Now that we can go to Cuba for a Cuban sandwiches, there's no need to take the risk of setting foot anywhere in the state of Florida.
By the way, there's a truck here in Houston a short bike ride from my house that serves a Cuban sandwich every bit as good as the ones I've had in South Florida. I'm sitting here salivating just thinking about one of those sandwiches. Best lunch deal in all of Houston, too.
Where Bob at?
Why bother with the gratuitous "is"?
I guess so. My kid, who was working on a PhD in Math (like her mom) suddenly up and decided to change to some kind of "bio-mathematics" that has all sorts of the stuff you mentioned. Since my academic career was strictly in the Humanities, I don't have a clue about any of it, but it sounds like there's a lot of stuff going on. Some big lab recruited her to work there while she's finishing her degree and damned if she's not making as much as an associate professor. And she'll be graduating without a dime of debt, which makes Mom and I happy, since we told her we'd cover the cost of her education. Maybe now I can buy that sports car.
Me, I wish I'd learned HVAC. People will always need ducts in their houses, and heat and cooling. And there's very little math, which is good.
Zika or not, that's just sound advice.
You don't know how to read at all, do you? You scanned the headlines and made value judgments based on your own insane bias.
You think that because you're looking at fake news.
I have the paper New York Times right here in front of me from today, November 18. There are no stories "predicting the future", not even a weather report.
Here's the front page. See if you can find a "prediction of the future".
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/t...
That's proof that professional journalism works. The difference between the New York Times and a fake news website like Breitbart is that there is actually a measure of shame that comes from something like the Jayson Blair affair. Another organization calls you out and you have to retract and apologize. We have seen no evidence that Breitbart is capable of shame or self-correction in any form.
The best you can do with a Breitbart is exercise legal remedies, like in the Shirley Sherrod affair. Unfortunately, without the deep pockets of a billionaire with an axe to grind, it's nearly impossible to prosecute a shady outfit like Breitbart for libel.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/...
Are you really that stupid?
Jayson Blair was exposed by his own newspaper (New York Times) in a 7000-word article and drummed out of the business. Your perceived "bias" or not, there is a long history of traditional journalists policing each other.
You ever hear of a fake news site publishing a retraction or correction? You ever hear Bret Baier retract his pre-election story about how "indictments are on the way for Hillary"? Show me the mechanism by which fake news holds themselves accountable and we can take your suggested equivalency as something other than rank stupidity.
Right on both counts.
Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels are now on my list. You're the second person in the past few weeks who recommended them.
It probably makes me a bad fan to believe that science fiction writing is as good or better today than ever. Writers are finally shedding this unwarranted reverence for a genre that was mostly pulp.
There is an immutable law in US politics: With the Right, it's always projection.
You've been had by a carnival barker in an ill-fitting suit. The political equivalent of the guy at the state fair who hawks non-stick pans. Your over-the-top triumphalism is an indication that fact is starting to dawn on you.