tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345064447053583586.post186505677138738210..comments2023-03-24T09:38:19.187-04:00Comments on Certain Speculation: "They grow 'em big..."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345064447053583586.post-45762474650625405232011-11-09T02:57:45.945-05:002011-11-09T02:57:45.945-05:00This post reminds me of when I used to work in Hom...This post reminds me of when I used to work in Home Depot in GA. I never made enough to pay my bills, now I started my own <a href="http://www.importexporthomestudy.com/import-export-bus/import-export-business/" rel="nofollow"> import export home business selling goods online</a>, mostly clothes and shoes. I have now more money to buy a lot of things in home depot. Maybe a snake trap.ChrisImports1http://importexporthomestudy.com/export-business/exporting-as-a-home-business/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345064447053583586.post-37935708516898007542009-05-16T10:39:00.000-04:002009-05-16T10:39:00.000-04:00Great post! You hit on one of the things that I t...Great post! You hit on one of the things that I try to emphasize when we have journalism students tour-that what we put on the web has gone through the same vetting process as our print product. <br /><br />Sadly, most people don't seem to look past, "hey, look at that snake!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345064447053583586.post-13590183772250750032009-05-15T13:50:00.000-04:002009-05-15T13:50:00.000-04:00Great research, CB and an excellent point.
Print...Great research, CB and an excellent point. <br /><br />Print media is fading as a reliable source for facts. The broadcast media is much worse.<br /><br />WSB-TV is the only place I worked (as an intern, then a little freelance work on the weekends while I was still in college) that checked the facts in AP stories before they ran them.<br /><br />Horror story: one TV reporter I worked with in a small market taped UPI copy to the lens of the of camera and read it verbatim as his standup!<br /><br />Also, Wikipedia is frequently used as a source even by print media, but it's not reliable and reporters can be punk'd if they use that as a primary source. See: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Irish-student-hoaxes-worlds-apf-15201451.html?.v=1<br /><br />I've also noticed that Wikipedia posts seem to be authored by the person they're about (or their P.R. Team) so you get a one-sided view. I saw one recently that was cut & pasted from the subject's personal web site!<br /><br />A few years back, I had an extended phone conversation with Rich Buhler, who runs www.truthorfiction.com He did a whole half hour of my show on CNN one day taking viewer calls on urban legends. It was one of the liveliest shows I ever EPd.<br /><br />Hoax emails are one of my personal pet peeves. If I get one, I REPLY ALL then send my research showing it's a hoax. I don't get as many as I used to and perhaps have fewer friends because of it.<br /><br />OK, I'm off my soapbox...Kim Underwood Lyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04725797556603374323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345064447053583586.post-625471204962253462009-05-15T13:23:00.000-04:002009-05-15T13:23:00.000-04:00Hey CB. I referenced this post in my update today...Hey CB. I referenced this post in my update today. I couldn't agree more!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16915019039029224350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345064447053583586.post-58069526977770267852009-05-15T01:38:00.000-04:002009-05-15T01:38:00.000-04:00Or we could all just check Snopes.
And that Mary ...Or we could all just check Snopes.<br /><br />And that Mary Norwood picture just stunned my keyboard into paralysis.griftdrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509712527908530572noreply@blogger.com