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Thank you! Too much sloppiness, assumptions that things are true Ocelot II Apr 14 #1
Thanks. I knew immediately it wasn't from Martha. sinkingfeeling Apr 14 #2
me too. mopinko Apr 14 #6
YES!!!! โ˜๐Ÿผโ˜๐Ÿผโ˜๐Ÿผโ˜๐Ÿผ Maru Kitteh Apr 14 #3
Please post a list of "reliable sources" gab13by13 Apr 14 #4
Memes from social media are *not* reliable sources. Ocelot II Apr 14 #7
Anything from Social media should be taken with a grain of salt. gab13by13 Apr 14 #10
Agreed, and the way Hartmann, Sanders, AOC etc FoxNewsSucks Apr 14 #17
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿค› Traildogbob Apr 14 #37
i'll take corporate media over a Russian asset any day. Answering to shareholders just isn't as bad as answering to Vlad thebigidea Apr 14 #43
Amazing! And on a thread about authenticating statements. . . . FoxNewsSucks Apr 14 #44
"Anything from Social media should be taken with a grain of salt." OldBaldy1701E Apr 14 #56
Democratic Congressman Sean Casten, murielm99 Apr 14 #53
Go, Sean! ShazzieB Apr 15 #64
It was in response to reply number 10, murielm99 Apr 15 #72
Oh, I see what you mean now! ShazzieB Apr 15 #75
When I first joined DU, just stating an opinion was more enough. The response you would get if you didn't back up your Iris Apr 15 #71
And that's fine, as long as it's clear that it's our opinion. Mister Ed Apr 14 #8
Thank you! Much needed reminder. Ninga Apr 14 #5
+1 - It's gotten so bad everywhere. DU seems to be great in comparison. Oneironaut Apr 14 #9
There's a thing called confirmation bias and everyone is susceptible to it. Ocelot II Apr 14 #21
Yes. It sort of reminds me of a famous fake quote rollin74 Apr 14 #11
You mean I really shouldn't believe COL Mustard Apr 14 #14
But if you don't believe the quote... Shipwack Apr 14 #31
You can agree with it without believing Lincoln said it. soldierant Apr 14 #58
Exactly! ShazzieB Apr 15 #65
The Internet? The only Lincoln quote I ever see is the one about... dchill Apr 14 #35
I've seen that quote, too, but it wasn't attributed to Lincoln. ๐Ÿ˜ ShazzieB Apr 15 #67
Actually, they were - invented between 1801 and 1808... dchill Apr 15 #73
Well, for what it's worth... ShazzieB Apr 15 #76
I'll bet she would have said it if she'd thought of it first! FoxNewsSucks Apr 14 #19
She told The Guardian that she wouldn't say that (the quote) in a million years. sl8 Apr 14 #26
Especially if the quote looks sensational. If it is a bit hard to believe absolutely be sure to check it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 14 #12
True, as an important person once said. . . FoxNewsSucks Apr 14 #13
And it looks like COL Mustard Apr 14 #16
That counts as verification, doesn't it? FoxNewsSucks Apr 14 #18
Damn it, I miss all the fun. William769 Apr 14 #15
Generally double-check source links when they're on a newsfeed like MSN. Go back to the allegorical oracle Apr 14 #20
Can DJT be exempted. The real shit is way worse than one could make up. twodogsbarking Apr 14 #22
I honestly don't like the idea of knowingly attributing things to him that he didn't say. ShazzieB Apr 15 #68
Thank you Mr.Bee Apr 14 #23
I wish they did, but not everyone has put a quote in quotemarks to search. And since some people highplainsdem Apr 14 #32
highplainsdem......... Upthevibe Apr 14 #24
We should hold DU posters to the kind of journalistic standards we all agree are desirable. Martin68 Apr 14 #25
K&R G_j Apr 14 #27
Or note it as satire SheltieLover Apr 14 #28
Here's a quote: AverageOldGuy Apr 14 #29
That is not a quote! BidenRocks Apr 14 #42
. MorbidButterflyTat Apr 14 #60
Google it. There's a lot of argument as to who first said it, and most of the candidates didn't use those exact words.nt eppur_se_muova Apr 14 #59
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Apr 14 #30
Is this sarcasm???? If not, what are you saying????? nt LAS14 Apr 14 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Apr 14 #48
So we can't disapprove of behavior unless there's a DU rule against it????? LAS14 Apr 14 #49
I'm with you. ShazzieB Apr 15 #69
Owner here EarlG Apr 14 #52
Yes, as Mark Twain said: SCantiGOP Apr 14 #33
It's often attributed to Lincoln. ๐Ÿ‘ Dave Bowman Apr 15 #70
Yes Yes Haru Apr 14 #34
Yeah, there are often fake F. Scott Fitzgerald quotes for some reason. LisaM Apr 14 #36
You can correct politely, with understanding about how it could happen. That's... LAS14 Apr 14 #46
Thank you, thank you, thank you. lamp_shade Apr 14 #38
AGREED... DU has been full of delusional doodoo lately. It's sad because DU is as it's best when it's educational. WarGamer Apr 14 #39
Absolutely... johnnyplankton Apr 14 #40
My wife and I were discussing the fall of the United States and agreed that... NNadir Apr 14 #41
DU should be a petrie dish for how to identify fake news. We need to learn and... LAS14 Apr 14 #45
People tend to readily accept that which supports their world view Kaleva Apr 14 #50
Mea Culpa - post deleted jmbar2 Apr 14 #51
I appreciate your deleting it, but I'm confused by your saying you "thought it was a funny joke." highplainsdem Apr 14 #54
Seriously, it's gotten so bad I can't just trust the DU post-titles Hekate Apr 14 #55
Indeed, it is why I haven't changed my signature line in 20 years. DFW Apr 14 #57
One good source about this topic: Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 14 #61
As Benjamin Franklin said, ..... Shoonra Apr 14 #62
It also ForgedCrank Apr 14 #63
Donald Trump: "I like to fuck animals and small children, if I can get it up" Jack Valentino Apr 15 #66
There are times when we are all just being conversational in a thread. Prairie_Seagull Apr 15 #74
Shouldn't that apply to every news story too? MichMan Apr 15 #77
A lot of polls are posted here, gab13by13 Apr 15 #78
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