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Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
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#1: Feb 5th 2011 at 8:33:51 PM

Quite sad, really. It awes me in a bad way.

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Scardoll Burn Since: Nov, 2010
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#2: Feb 5th 2011 at 8:35:15 PM

Excess flamebait detected.

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Seriously, I don't like them either, but this seems like it's not gonna end well.

edited 5th Feb '11 8:35:43 PM by Scardoll

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#5: Feb 5th 2011 at 9:17:13 PM

Than. Not "then", than.

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Legionnaire The Leading Man from Australia Since: Oct, 2010
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#6: Feb 5th 2011 at 10:44:16 PM

[up] Thanks. I didn't see that, and now I can't unsee it.

edited 5th Feb '11 10:44:32 PM by Legionnaire

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merton defiance from my heart to yours. Since: May, 2009
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#7: Feb 5th 2011 at 10:53:27 PM

No, makes sense to me.

The scene: New York City. The night is dark, and a layer of fog covers Manhattan, as if to conceal the devious deeds of this dirty city. On the top floors of Cracked Towers, a small team works by the flickering light of a bare bulb. They've done their research, yes. But now they're doing...more research.

Suddenly a deafening crash is heard! Bursting through the wall like some sort of juice mascot are the dreaded Faux News, the city's most feared and dangerous disinformation cartel. And they mean business.

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randomtropeloser Since: Jan, 2001
#8: Feb 5th 2011 at 11:05:37 PM

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CommandoDude Since: Jun, 2010
#9: Feb 5th 2011 at 11:40:41 PM

"Faux News?"

Pretty fitting.

I too, am awed by this.

Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
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#10: Feb 6th 2011 at 9:29:13 AM

So? Cracked still gets stuff wrong...

I guess it is.
juancarlos11 Since: Aug, 2011
#11: Feb 6th 2011 at 9:37:42 AM

But, less wrong that Faux News...

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JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
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#12: Feb 6th 2011 at 9:46:33 AM

Cracked is accidentally wrong; Clusterfox is systematically wrong. There is a difference.

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Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
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#13: Feb 6th 2011 at 10:12:35 AM

Right, but the point is that Cracked has research failures often enough that claiming it does more research than Fox News is rather pointless. More research is meaningless if it's not enough research.

I guess it is.
Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#14: Feb 6th 2011 at 10:22:45 AM

So if it's not 100% it might as well be Zero?

BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
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#16: Feb 6th 2011 at 10:58:03 AM

It awes me in a bad way.

Nice try, but... no.

This isn't the board for this kind of thread.

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