Peter_Puget Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 (edited) The right link! Edited October 11, 2005 by Peter_Puget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 big surprise there. when I first heard this reported it was said to most likely be a hoax...but who wants egg in their eye. i wonder if the guy went "psych!" telling them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucK Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 I guess it must just have been a big hoax (lie). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knotzen Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_Puget Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 check out the headline.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 I guess it must just have been a big hoax (lie). But of course the Iraq war was still justified... As far as the NYC Subway thing didn't the say very specifically that they had a "substansiated" threat?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 not quite sure what this has to do with me but ok. i know how to read the news, PP. read that one already. thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_Puget Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 Foraker ..it’s the headline silly! (bias?) NBC affiliate => Informant Admits Subway Threat Was Hoax Fox News => NYC Subway Threat Info Not Substantiated I am so misunderstood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Foraker ..it’s the headline silly! (bias?) NBC affiliate => Informant Admits Subway Threat Was Hoax Fox News => NYC Subway Threat Info Not Substantiated I am so misunderestimated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtom Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 NBC affiliate => Informant Admits Subway Threat Was Hoax Fox News => NYC Subway Threat Info Not Substantiated cc.com => It's all Bush's Fault! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 YAY! i've been waiting for PP's political post of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 I think you're stretching for bias on this one Peter, though I can see how you might think it is if you look at it in some peculiar way. MSNBC basically is saying that an informant knowingly provided false information. So, you could call that a 'hoax' or a 'deception' or whatever you like. It does not imply, however, that somehow the government is culpable in that hoax. It was, once again I might add, merely duped by an informant it wanted to believe. They had nothing to do with any 'hoax', however. Is it more correct to say, 'unsubstantiated'? Probably. Personally, I think you're just desperately looking for something that isn't there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Schuldt Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 SPREAD THE FEAR!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Yay for Fear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Yay for cupcakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fear_and_greed Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Pretty cost effective method for OBL to spread fear. Effective method also for GWB to keep the cash pouring in. Can he tie Iran into this somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 PP, you just try too hard. Re-read those headlines. Now which one do you think paints the government worse? A headline that says an informant was lying or one that says the info wasn't substansiated? To me, the second one could more easily be seen as "the government fucked up", as in they didn't do the work to substansiate the claim. The other headline just calls out that some dude was lying. Now that is after I analyze them. If I wasn't a paranoid right winter (such as yourself) I wouldn't have analyzed both of those headlines to death trying to prove some liberal media bias. You are trying way to hard. Better luck next time. Oh, and btw, i have decided to switch to waching FOX NEWS exclusively. I find that the other networks' lack of the onscreen "TERROR ALERT" color indicator threatens my safety. Now, if you want talk bias, what does putting that piece of shit on screen all day say? Hmmm...fear and loathing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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