Wildguzzi.com

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Waltr on December 29, 2015, 04:10:14 PM

Title: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: Waltr on December 29, 2015, 04:10:14 PM
   I choose to filter my news and read (or choose not to) online but it is harder and harder.  I saw an article on the correct way to wipe our #ss.  I did not read it but wondered who would even choose to open the article and read it.
   I can help but remember that scene from The Jerk with Steve Martin where his father is showing him a pile of crap and shoe polish, so he know sh#t from Shinola.
Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: ridingron on December 29, 2015, 06:02:47 PM
You must have been reading on Yahoo.
Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: canuguzzi on December 29, 2015, 06:11:27 PM
Lots of news stories now are completely computer generated from other sources. A program writes the story.

Scary thing is how many people believe the stuff.
Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: bad Chad on December 29, 2015, 06:20:03 PM
I must ask, what was the source of the "news" story?   

And it may not qualify as news, but it is a topic.  Do you wad, or fold?  Forward or backward stroke?  How many sheets?  Old school dry paper, or new soft/wet wipes?   The questions go on and on.   However,  I'm going out on a limb here to guess that this thread will not.

But I would be happy to talk about it over a campfire this summer.
Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: John Ulrich on December 29, 2015, 06:37:37 PM
Do steel cut oats have a leaf?    :wink:
Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: TDF on December 29, 2015, 06:53:44 PM
I'll wager dollars to donuts that the diet of the average Guzzisti varies significantly enough from the diet of the average person who would search out such an article as to make the article insufficient in depth.....or I might just be full of $hit.

TDF
Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: Turin on December 29, 2015, 07:10:40 PM
Ya weren't reading The Onion by mistake, were you ?
Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: travelingbyguzzi on December 29, 2015, 09:35:27 PM
For women, there is definitely a correct direction and an incorrect direction. For men, not so much.
Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: Waltr on December 30, 2015, 06:14:01 AM
Article was on Huffington Post.
Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: Penderic on December 30, 2015, 06:21:16 AM

Hmmmmm. Now I understand.

(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/newspaper%20advertising%20revenue_zpsdc8naet5.jpg)


Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: stevet on December 30, 2015, 07:51:52 AM
And in a related story (local TV news coverage)-
http://kstp.com/article/stories/s3845632.shtml (http://kstp.com/article/stories/s3845632.shtml)

And a class action lawsuit filed in April 2015 (I've not researched recent activities in this suit)-
http://kstp.com/kstpImages/repository/cs/files/wyoming%20lawsuit.pdf (http://kstp.com/kstpImages/repository/cs/files/wyoming%20lawsuit.pdf)

Icky.

Steve.
Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: 56Pan on December 30, 2015, 07:58:39 AM
Article was on Huffington Post.

 :1:  Says it all.
Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: oldbike54 on December 30, 2015, 08:32:29 AM
[quote =Waltr link=topic=80866.msg1273892#msg1273892 date=1451477641]
Article was on Huffington Post.
[/quote]

 Cant find it , are you sure the article didn't just say it was on the HP ? Interesting , have never read the HP before , they seem to deal with some unusual topics .

 
And in a related story (local TV news coverage)-
http://kstp.com/article/stories/s3845632.shtml (http://kstp.com/article/stories/s3845632.shtml)




And a class action lawsuit filed in April 2015 (I've not researched recent activities in this suit)-
http://kstp.com/kstpImages/repository/cs/files/wyoming%20lawsuit.pdf (http://kstp.com/kstpImages/repository/cs/files/wyoming%20lawsuit.pdf)

Icky.

Steve.


 Yeah , especially if you are the plumber dealing with this problem .

  Dusty
Title: Re: ***NGC*** Hard to believe what passes for journalism.
Post by: ITSec on December 30, 2015, 02:53:42 PM
   I choose to filter my news and read (or choose not to) online but it is harder and harder.  I saw an article on the correct way to wipe our #ss.  I did not read it but wondered who would even choose to open the article and read it.
   I can help but remember that scene from The Jerk with Steve Martin where his father is showing him a pile of crap and shoe polish, so he know sh#t from Shinola.

Well, get a bunch of long distance riders together and it becomes material for numerous discussion threads. For example, see http://forums.delphiforums.com/MCTourer/messages?msg=16462.1 (http://forums.delphiforums.com/MCTourer/messages?msg=16462.1) as well as threads on the LD boards...  :bike-037: