What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

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Something to understand what nurses think about re the Current News and their opinions!

3 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Fox is well known to use inflammatory language to manipulate the feelings of their target audience.  They are, similarly, famous for reporting that isn't terribly committed to accuracy or honesty.  Remember that paragraph in the NYT article that troubled Beerman because of the way it characterized Silicon Valley? It's clear that the "concern" was contrived when the the article presented by Beerman on this topic was from Fox and represented a completely partisan effort to manipulate the emotions of the reader about covid.  It's almost like that bit about the NYT was theater rather than preference for unspun journalism.

I don't recall presenting any article on that topic.  Are you trying to be inflammatory by making crap up?

I included the Fox article Tweety was speaking of, above.  Nothing inflammatory,  inaccurate, or dishonest.  Perhaps you should have read it first by trying to make that point at this time.

 

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2 hours ago, Beerman said:

I don't recall presenting any article on that topic.  Are you trying to be inflammatory by making crap up?

I included the Fox article Tweety was speaking of, above.  Nothing inflammatory,  inaccurate, or dishonest.  Perhaps you should have read it first by trying to make that point at this time.

 

I used a bit of hyperbole, my apologies. As I've mentioned before, hyperbole is a terrible argument.   I'm pointing out that your tolerance for biased language which is intended to create a narrative is dependent upon the perceived political learnings of the source. I don't need to make crap up to make that point. 

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3 hours ago, Beerman said:

Here's the story.   We'll have to disagree that it seems it is spun a certain way to fit Fox's agenda.

I think the story came out Friday, about NY specifically,  because the governor released those figures on Friday.  I'm not aware of similar stats from FL or anywhere else.

No problem we can disagree   Did the click bait have to be a jab at liberal New York?  That's when the agenda came through.  

Like I said our paper reported it happening here but we don't get stats during a surge.  Of course a few weeks ago when we had the lowest infection rate, that was news and stats easily available 

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1 hour ago, toomuchbaloney said:

I used a bit of hyperbole, my apologies. As I've mentioned before, hyperbole is a terrible argument.   I'm pointing out that your tolerance for biased language which is intended to create a narrative is dependent upon the perceived political learnings of the source. I don't need to make crap up to make that point. 

You incorrectly stated that I posted a article to support my point.  I did not.  That's not hyperbole.  That's simply you being wrong, at best.  Or, at worst you made it up knowing others wouldn't bother to question it.

Biased language doesn't mean it's incorrect.  It should be taken into account when considering it.  We all have tolerances to it.  You fully accepted the biased language about Silicon Valley, for example.  I imagine you read various opinion writers in your beloved NYT and WaPo.  I'm sure you agree with most, some not.   But, most are all biased to some degree. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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46 minutes ago, Tweety said:

No problem we can disagree   Did the click bait have to be a jab at liberal New York?  That's when the agenda came through.  

Like I said our paper reported it happening here but we don't get stats during a surge.  Of course a few weeks ago when we had the lowest infection rate, that was news and stats easily available 

Again, I didn't see it as being a jab.  So, I can't really answer your question. LOL 

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55 minutes ago, Beerman said:

You incorrectly stated that I posted a article to support my point.  I did not.  That's not hyperbole.  That's simply you being wrong, at best.  Or, at worst you made it up knowing others wouldn't bother to question it.

Biased language doesn't mean it's incorrect.  It should be taken into account when considering it.  We all have tolerances to it.  You fully accepted the biased language about Silicon Valley, for example.  I imagine you read various opinion writers in your beloved NYT and WaPo.  I'm sure you agree with most, some not.   But, most are all biased to some degree. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah. If that wasn't your article then I was wrong. Apologies.

Of course biased language isn't always incorrect.  I made that point originally when you voiced concern about the characterization of Silicon Valley. In the instance of the NYT article, your preference wasn't to simply take the language into consideration and context  as you ponder the overall accuracy and message.  Your standards are partisan and fickle by all appearances. 

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54 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Yeah. If that wasn't your article then I was wrong. Apologies.

Of course biased language isn't always incorrect.  I made that point originally when you voiced concern about the characterization of Silicon Valley. In the instance of the NYT article, your preference wasn't to simply take the language into consideration and context  as you ponder the overall accuracy and message.  Your standards are partisan and fickle by all appearances. 

You missed the point.  As Subee tried to explain to you, that sentence was purely subjective opinion.  I might even agree with it as you did.   My point was that it has no place in the lead paragraph in a news story, and that it was a sign of the poor and biased journalism that is common today. You even seemed to feel the same way in your reply to Subee.

You always have a lot to say about me. I'm not sure why you can't simply keep to the topic.  I guess you wouldn't have nearly as much to say?

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2 hours ago, Beerman said:

Again, I didn't see it as being a jab.  So, I can't really answer your question. LOL 

It was rhetorical anyway.  LOL    

Just saw on the news a 40% figure of people finding out they have incidental covid upon admission.   

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Treasury Department officials on Monday said that the Internal Revenue Service will face “enormous challenges” during this year’s tax filing season, warning of delays to refunds and other taxpayer services.

In a phone call with reporters, Treasury officials predicted a “frustrating season” for taxpayers and tax preparers as a result of delays caused by the pandemic, years of budget cuts to the IRS, and the federal stimulus measures that have added to the tax agency’s workload.

More of the poop show that will fall on Biden's shoulders.  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/01/10/treasury-irs-filing-season/

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11 hours ago, Tweety said:

More of the poop show that will fall on Biden's shoulders.  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/01/10/treasury-irs-filing-season/

It's a travesty how the IRS has been bastardized by the oligarchs to keep the working class under a thumb. https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-sorry-but-its-just-easier-and-cheaper-to-audit-the-poor

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3 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

It's a travesty how the IRS has been bastardized by the oligarchs to keep the working class under a thumb. https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-sorry-but-its-just-easier-and-cheaper-to-audit-the-poor

Right.  As if Biden was the one on a mission to decimate the IRS and  to promote a pandemic in which people are reluctant to re-enter the work force.  My husband and I got audited 2 years in a row - a nurse and a film technician.....go figure.  They ended up admitting that it was their error and they actually owed us money.  A sum of money that probably didn't even cover the cost of transportation to lower Manhattan:)

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More bad behavior on the part of the liberal media:

"A producer of MSNBC’s top-rated “Rachel Maddow Show” accidentally copied the office of Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) on an email saying the show refused to contact Cawthorn because it “worried” the congerssman would want to appear on the show. The 26-year-old Republican has fired back that MSNBC’s “woke dystopian bubble” wants to “silence” conservative views."

https://www.dailywire.com/news/congressman-slams-msnbcs-woke-dystopian-bubble-rachel-maddows-producer-feared-hed-want-to-appear-on-the-show?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro

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