Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

Post by nradov » Mon, Feb 20, 2017, 5:39 AM UTC

matt4077 wrote: post #49

exabrial wrote: post #11

I do have to complement the authors of this article. It presents the facts and leaves out political rhetoric and noise. I'm pleased with the title too; if the article were featured on a mainstream news site in the USA, it would have declared it as a definitive event and give a list of what products to buy from their advertisers.

I feel this vilification of the media is far overblown. Specifically: I cannot imagine that a quality news site (say the NY Times, Atlantic, or WSJ) would not mention such uncertainty. More easily provable: I challenge you to find a single article of about a disaster that includes unwarranted product recommendations (i. e. not "authorities are asking citizen to stock water and other necessities in preparation for the…

Post by BEEdwards » Mon, Feb 20, 2017, 5:43 AM UTC

ebcode wrote: post #59

> Even the US left its own portion of nuclear waste in the northern latitudes, such as the once secret reactor at Camp Century, in Greenland, although this is minuscule compared to what the Soviets left behind. The pro-US bias in this article is strong. It appears to be more of the same wardrum-beating, anti-Russian propaganda that took hold of the mainstream media towards the end of the US election. On one hand, Rus…

Post by omnius19 » Mon, Feb 20, 2017, 5:48 AM UTC

rtx wrote: post #60

omnius19 wrote: post #52

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I completely agree. It is one thing to give reasonable criticism of a specific incidence of news media misconduct. It is another thing to blanket condemn every news organization based on inaccurate hypotheticals and personal opinions with no proof. Democracy is in trouble when people lose faith in the media and independent journalism is suppressed. By all means, be a skeptical and informed consumer of the news, but d…

People lost faith in media after their support for Iraq war. I haven't seen anything from them which shows they are trying to improve.

Post by wallace_f » Mon, Feb 20, 2017, 5:55 AM UTC

advisedwang wrote: post #41

The discussion of waste and derelict reactors should probably be ignored given the earlier statement that the presence of I-131 means fission took place in the last few days. As the article states, nuclear explosions are unlikely as we would be hearing about seismic measurements too like in the case of N. Korean detonations. My bet is on a small accident on a nuclear vessel or another small reactor around Europe (e.g…

Post by jnbiche » Mon, Feb 20, 2017, 5:58 AM UTC

hyperdunc wrote: post #9

tomxor wrote: post #7

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Tracked it down to a fucking "typingAnimationFrame" function, woot... lets melt peoples computers because we can't write efficient basic animations.

Maybe the site developer isn't very good. Why don't you send them an email telling them how they can fix it?