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Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan

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Re: Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan

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Post by aaron-lebo »

nickpeterson wrote: post #15
VLM wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They also went full on Jesus some years back. They're firmly in the blue collar reality TV camp now, its mostly truck drivers, pawn shops, and surprisingly, blacksmiths. Sorta like how the Sci Fi channel was all about pro wrestling, fantasy, action movies, pretty much anything but science fiction. When I was a little kid (a long time ago) the snarky wisdom was if a country had "democratic" in its name, it wasn't. The…

Similarly, if you have science in the name, no science is generally involved: Political Science, Computer Science, Exercise Science...

The scientific method is a core part of research design in poli sci. We have entire classes dedicated to Karl Popper and fun topics like that. We do real research with hypotheses, testable results, and conclusions. It is science, even if it isn't hard science.

Dunno why it matters....back to your rant.

Re: Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan

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Post by phkahler »

phkahler wrote: post #20

The best part is the photo credit: >> The woman said to resemble pilot Amelia Earhart is seen sitting on the dock in the centre of the picture. Photograph: Reuters So Reuters is falsely taking credit for a photo when they didn't know its origin. Journalistic integrity is long dead.

Oh shit there's this:

>> The documentary, hosted by former FBI executive assistant director Shawn Henry, also alleges a cover-up, claiming that the US government knew of her whereabouts but did nothing to rescue her.

So (former) government officials are promoting false notions of government conspiracies. It's all theater folks. We are being manipulated by everyone.

Re: Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan

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Post by aaron-lebo »

pluma wrote: post #4

I thought the History Channel was already widely considered non-factual. Aren't half the documentaries about space aliens? "Source": http://www.cracked.com/funny-5720-the-history-channel/

Who doesn't like "ancient astronaut theorists"?

http://chronicle.su/wp-content/uploads/tsoukalosaliens1.jpg

Re: Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan

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Post by T-zex »

arkitaip wrote: post #18
autokad wrote: post #16

i remember watching ww II battle documentaries, and they would be talking about a battle, say battle of the budge. and I would be like 'wait a second, that stock video footage was a corsair shooting a drone. then it hit me that almost all of the video shown on these things is just for aesthetics / effect and not actual footage from the topic in question. then it hit me, the news was actually doing the same thing! lik…

It's the equivalent of tech's hacker baddie wearing sunglasses and a hoodie in a dark room with menacing green letters on the monitor.

Why waste time on finding a perfect colour scheme, when you can simply put sunglasses on? Same with shampooing, put on a hoodie. That's a true hacker mentality.

Re: Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan

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Post by ryandrake »

arkitaip wrote: post #18
autokad wrote: post #16

i remember watching ww II battle documentaries, and they would be talking about a battle, say battle of the budge. and I would be like 'wait a second, that stock video footage was a corsair shooting a drone. then it hit me that almost all of the video shown on these things is just for aesthetics / effect and not actual footage from the topic in question. then it hit me, the news was actually doing the same thing! lik…

It's the equivalent of tech's hacker baddie wearing sunglasses and a hoodie in a dark room with menacing green letters on the monitor.

Think about how much inaccuracy and nonsense you can point out (because you are an expert) any time you see/read mainstream reporting on technology. Now extrapolate that to other areas of reporting. It's hard to know what to believe or who's credible.

Re: Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan

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Post by michaelmior »

nickpeterson wrote: post #15
VLM wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They also went full on Jesus some years back. They're firmly in the blue collar reality TV camp now, its mostly truck drivers, pawn shops, and surprisingly, blacksmiths. Sorta like how the Sci Fi channel was all about pro wrestling, fantasy, action movies, pretty much anything but science fiction. When I was a little kid (a long time ago) the snarky wisdom was if a country had "democratic" in its name, it wasn't. The…

Similarly, if you have science in the name, no science is generally involved: Political Science, Computer Science, Exercise Science...

Computer science at least in my experience of it, definitely involves lots of science. I can't speak for the others.

Re: Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan

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Post by pluma »

nickpeterson wrote: post #15
VLM wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They also went full on Jesus some years back. They're firmly in the blue collar reality TV camp now, its mostly truck drivers, pawn shops, and surprisingly, blacksmiths. Sorta like how the Sci Fi channel was all about pro wrestling, fantasy, action movies, pretty much anything but science fiction. When I was a little kid (a long time ago) the snarky wisdom was if a country had "democratic" in its name, it wasn't. The…

Similarly, if you have science in the name, no science is generally involved: Political Science, Computer Science, Exercise Science...

At least Literary Studies were honest enough not to call themselves a science (in English anyway).

Re: Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan

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Post by pluma »

aaron-lebo wrote: post #24
pluma wrote: post #4

I thought the History Channel was already widely considered non-factual. Aren't half the documentaries about space aliens? "Source": http://www.cracked.com/funny-5720-the-history-channel/

Who doesn't like "ancient astronaut theorists"? http://chronicle.su/wp-content/uploads/tsoukalosaliens1.jpg

That's pretty much what I think of as a non-American when I hear "History channel".

Re: Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan

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Post by moomin »

hbosch wrote: post #14
VLM wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They also went full on Jesus some years back. They're firmly in the blue collar reality TV camp now, its mostly truck drivers, pawn shops, and surprisingly, blacksmiths. Sorta like how the Sci Fi channel was all about pro wrestling, fantasy, action movies, pretty much anything but science fiction. When I was a little kid (a long time ago) the snarky wisdom was if a country had "democratic" in its name, it wasn't. The…

Don't forget Music Television.

And Fox News
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