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| Posted by: sarge33rd
- [353491011] Tue, May 01, 2012, 12:53
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An election year is a shit blizzard. Every place you go for news online -- whether it's portal sites like Reddit, or aggregators like Google News or Yahoo! News or RealClearPolitics, or goddamned clips from late night talk shows -- they're all about to get buried under a brown storm of bullshit inflammatory headlines desperate for your click.
This turdstorm of pointless click-bait filler is a problem for anyone who wants to be an informed voter. To learn anything useful, you need to be able to sort through all of the garbage to find the actual information and insight. So let me just tell you right now that you can safely ignore any story if ...
Didnt really seem to fit anywhere, and even though it is from CRACKED, the thing is spot on. |
| | | 1 | Pancho Villa
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Tue, May 01, 2012, 13:40
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Love the article, sarge. As an old rocker, I especially appreciated:
every time aging musician and crazy shithead Ted Nugent says something, they put that shit right into a headline. Quick! Go get a rebuttal from Foghat!
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| | | 2 | Khahan
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Tue, May 01, 2012, 14:28
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Sarge
Cracked is a great site. I love it. Its good humor and obviously fictional and they put spin on some of their content to twist it just a bit and fit the story. However, they are basing their commentary on just enough truth....its really good writing and entertainment.
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| | | 3 | Tree
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Tue, May 01, 2012, 15:26
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while Cracked was always a second rate Mad Magazine to me back in the 70s and 80s, it's been nothing short of brilliant in its internet incarnation.
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| | | 4 | Great One
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Tue, May 01, 2012, 15:31
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I find the easiest way is if my uncle starts his argument with "I read a forwarded email that Obama... or I heard on Fox News that..." I can immediately tune out the rest.
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| | | 5 | nerveclinic
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Tue, May 01, 2012, 16:45
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1 Ways to Spot a BS Political Story in under 10s
Read any political story and you are likely to spot BS.
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