"the news" is not a living being.. thus to "sodomize" it is illogoical :P .. i think you just like that word "sodomy" .. i'm rather curious, do you know how many other posts you've used it in? .. hehe

Not all that many, save for debates regarding homosexuality and the Bible. If there is a word I use a bit too often here, it's "insipidity".

I see that the RWNJ's have officially 'raved' a fellow RWNJ to the top of the page... thus proving part of your point...

durp.

I'm growing weary of the RWNJ's exploiting the Holocaust... very weary.

I'd love to take a page from their playbook, and rather than utilize it myself and sink to their level, burn it.

Huzzah!

thanks for sharing how the libs submit news. . . I kind of thought it was something like this but you put it together so nicely.

You mean to tell me that cons *don't* exhibit this behavior? Read through some of the comments here; they openly admit it as it is part of the lax rules. Both sides do it.

the thread seems to have gone the direction of and attack/defending a certain other little green guy. . . I haven't witnessed it nor have I posted news like that, take a look at my news, I'm pretty straight up, and that really gets under the skin of "some" libs.

most of the "news" I've read on SH, if there is a personal comment along with the news link, I'm capable of clicking on the link and reading the news, then commenting on that news how I interpret it. . . do you really think that most people on here don't read, think for themselves and come to their own conclusions?

btw, why the attack on "small newspapers" ? ? ? you're insinuating that they do not qualify as news

When the article linked to a major news occurrence originates from a small town newspaper, I find it a bit suspect. Admittedly less suspect than vehemently.partisan.blog sites.

Still, this is my bitter counter to heavily-manipulated news items. It seems the new format has done away with that, and that brings a great sigh of relief. Journalistic integrity is going the way of the passenger pigeon, and I'd finally had it.

At one point, this was linked to a news item of one of those self-righteous types who executed mass-blockings of his political opponents. I did that for a very simple reason: there was no other way to draw the point home. With those on the left, I can send them a line letting them know that I disapprove of their tactics. When I was sought out and blocked for defending my position (or apparently for merely raving other comments), my options are somewhat limited.

most of us do not accept a "blog" as news. . . I find the small town paper actually tends to do a better job of presenting facts without the spin. . . most of their material comes directly off the AP. . . I trust my small town local paper to bring me the actual story more than I would ever trust the NY times. . . Unlike the NY times, my local paper tells the story, no matter who comes off appearing good or bad. . . they only print the story, no opinion.

I haven't looked at the new format yet in the news area, but I liked the old where you could begin the post in say the 2nd sentence, getting rid of the writer, originated from, standard disclaimers which tend to take up the much needed room to post the story.

the blocking behavior happens on both sides. . . do you have any idea how many people have me blocked that I've never commented to??

my guess.. small newspapers are not bought out by the controlling elite, thus more likely to deliver TRUTHFUL news... :D

I think you figured them out :)

But I thought it was the Captains of Industry, like Mr. Murdoch, who delivered the only "true" news out there?

The reason I pick on small-town newspapers is because they are more likely than items on the national wire to spin an item or embellish facts; in a small population of subscribers, there is a lesser chance that one would be caught altering content.

do you realize you just called all those that live in small towns "stupid" ?

That was your projection, not my words. I said the smaller the population, the less likely people would hold a journalist to a standard of integrity, as they would not know anything about it.

(The existence of news/punditry hybrids further destroys any ability to recognize true integrity, but that is another issue.)

Represented through analogy: none of the other castaways on Gilligan's Island challenged the Professor in matters scientific because they assumed his authority.

lol.. would you like a shovel? .. digging with your hands must be hard...

btw, i believe the small town journalist would have more intelligence and integrity then the bought n paid for scum that flood our airways now..

I have no great love for mass media, either. I'm not a fan of the Powers That Be determining what items are particularly newsworthy and which are not.

I would love to have more faith in small-time, small-town journalists, but my faith is a little shattered.

In having this tete-a-tete, I will admit that I recognized an oversight in my original declaration that perhaps would have explained my referencing "a small town newspaper": the initial item with which this was linked and I was mocking was an article of national significance that did not occur in the town but was written by a local newspaperman. I detest the game of Telephone, and I detest the neopolitical journalistic variety.

Mea culpa.

so your saying you referenced a small town news paper because of an article that appeared in one.. and what that article talked of did not actually happen but was written about anyways? .. well yes, if you could provide evidence then it would give more weight to your words.. however, your still attacking all small town papers.. and there are MANY of them... and only one in which you reference... of course if you could prove it a trend (more than 25 doing it) .. then you might be onto something.. otherwise, i'd stand with what i said.. your attacking them without merit..

No. Let me try this again:

This blog was originally linked to a News item (back when SodaHead had a pseudo-News category) that an insipid troll posted, utilizing the steps I listed above.

The blogger found an article about a national occurrence in an unrelated small-town paper that provided a loose platform for him to spin a web of bullshit. This was me pretty much calling shenanigans on it and other postings like it.

That the revised SodaHead has done away with its News category comes as a great relief, though it makes this blog rather moot.