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 Behind Enemy Lines  Sussex 26 Mar 24 5.44pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
The Mail like all such publications employ lawyers to check copy to try to ensure that doesn’t happen. It’s how they spin a story so that it can be argued that it’s reasonable opinion and plausibly deniable. It’s often what they don’t say, by omitting context or salient facts, that turns it into propaganda. There is no doubt at all that the Mail is very good at this. By far the best out there. It’s almost an art form of malicious disinformation. So the Mail article is basically factually correct…
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 26 Mar 24 5.48pm |
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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow
Are you familiar with the phrase 'choose your battles'? I've no idea why you try to defend this sort of nonsense - it's every bit as partisan as you accuse others of being. Yes, it's true the Mail stir the pot on the woke stuff, but it's also true there is a lot of nonsense going on in that regard - you don't have to try and disprove each and every example. No I don’t and I don’t. Only today in another thread I gave due credit to the Mail for breaking a genuine story. It’s just that here the Mail is the “source” of so much spurious nonsense that only a little bit of reflection ought to cause at least some pause for thought. I realise that society sometimes goes too far in its attempts to establish fairness and equality but the whooping on here every time the Mail decides to wind up their faithful needs a counter weight to burst a few balloons. In my opinion. Them getting wound up by me pointing it out just confirms things.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 26 Mar 24 5.50pm |
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Originally posted by Behind Enemy Lines
So the Mail article is basically factually correct… You can pick out some facts from any article that isn’t pure fiction. That doesn’t make the whole story the truth. Let alone the whole truth.
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| Behind Enemy Lines Sussex 26 Mar 24 6.17pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
You can pick out some facts from any article that isn’t pure fiction. That doesn’t make the whole story the truth. Let alone the whole truth. Most of us on this forum are adults. We have decades of experience and can tell what is ‘padding’ and what is the spine of the story. I look forward to more truthful news outlets running the story and we can see which facts are common in each report.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 26 Mar 24 7.59pm |
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Originally posted by Behind Enemy Lines
Most of us on this forum are adults. We have decades of experience and can tell what is ‘padding’ and what is the spine of the story. I look forward to more truthful news outlets running the story and we can see which facts are common in each report. It's not though "padding" is it? Padding is filling up a story with irrelevant statements just to fill the space. This is more the deliberate omitting or inferring things so that the reader is directed to the conclusion that they want you to believe. I doubt whether anyone else will run the story. It's just not newsworthy and there's more than enough going on at the moment that is, without resorting to this kind of thing.
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| Behind Enemy Lines Sussex 26 Mar 24 8.41pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
It's not though "padding" is it? Padding is filling up a story with irrelevant statements just to fill the space. This is more the deliberate omitting or inferring things so that the reader is directed to the conclusion that they want you to believe. I doubt whether anyone else will run the story. It's just not newsworthy and there's more than enough going on at the moment that is, without resorting to this kind of thing. Nothing to see here. No waste of money. Move along.
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| Behind Enemy Lines Sussex 26 Mar 24 9.03pm |
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I am a busy guy so if any of you have some time on your hands, it looks as though a university in Florida has already delved deep into the subject matter. It’s 80 plus pages long so I’ve just attached the front cover and the brief synopsis. On the surface, it seems that further study of RLS is not really worthy of £800,000 of funding.
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Attachment: | Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 26 Mar 24 10.09pm |
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Originally posted by Behind Enemy Lines
Nothing to see here. No waste of money. Move along. Whether it’s a waste of money, or not, will always be a matter of opinion. If it was your money then your opinion would matter. Same applies to the Mail. It isn’t their money though, so why do they think it necessary to get involved? It’s just to get readers like you wound up. There are much more important things happening in the world.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 26 Mar 24 10.22pm |
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Originally posted by Behind Enemy Lines
I am a busy guy so if any of you have some time on your hands, it looks as though a university in Florida has already delved deep into the subject matter. It’s 80 plus pages long so I’ve just attached the front cover and the brief synopsis. On the surface, it seems that further study of RLS is not really worthy of £800,000 of funding. Perhaps they will consult it, who knows. Who knows what the research is intended to determine, or whether just doing it is partly the target. Developing skills in students is a major part of the purpose behind the funder, UKRI.
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| Behind Enemy Lines Sussex 26 Mar 24 10.28pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Whether it’s a waste of money, or not, will always be a matter of opinion. If it was your money then your opinion would matter. Same applies to the Mail. It isn’t their money though, so why do they think it necessary to get involved? It’s just to get readers like you wound up. There are much more important things happening in the world. I don’t read the Mail but thanks for you opinion of me.
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Teddy Eagle  26 Mar 24 10.37pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Perhaps they will consult it, who knows. Who knows what the research is intended to determine, or whether just doing it is partly the target. Developing skills in students is a major part of the purpose behind the funder, UKRI. What is it intended to determine?
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 georgenorman 26 Mar 24 10.37pm |
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Opinion is divided - one person thinks it is not a ridiculous waste of money, everyone else thinks it is.
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