olivianewtonjohn
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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/05/ziska-usda-climate-agriculture-trump-1445271
Science is now political. Sad.
Science is now political. Sad.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/05/ziska-usda-climate-agriculture-trump-1445271
Science is now political. Sad.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/n...s-using-fake-footage-slaughter-syria-segments
ABC used "footage" of the Turks bombing Kurds with the commentary:
This video right here appearing to be showing Turkey’s military bombing Kurdish civilians in a Syrian border town. The Kurds, who fought alongside the US against ISIS, now horrific reports of atrocities committed by Turkish-backed fighters on those very allies.The problem is, the footage was from a "nighttime machine gun event at the Knob Creek Gun Range in West Point, Kentucky."
Sure so the question you should be asking is if the news airbrushed it out or if it was done before the video made it to the news?They said it was a mistake, but the people holding up phones to record it were somehow air-brushed out....
The gathering of information is important to making a decision. And, it certainly seems evidence of intent would matter. However, the press makes mistakes. There is no way to be completely correct when you're getting out "new" things; no matter how careful you are.Sure so the question you should be asking is if the news airbrushed it out or if it was done before the video made it to the news?
Wow they should sell that marijuana as hair growth enhancer.Perils of Pot
We generally don't know the actual facts and are often quite sure we do in this study.
https://www.justfacts.com/news_2019_survey_voter_knowledge
NBC News reporter and political director Chuck Todd recently railed against “misinformation” and singled out President Trump and “the right” for having an “incentive structure” to spread it. Todd, who according to NBC, “is responsible for all aspects of the network’s political coverage,” also stated that Republicans criticize the media for “sport” and “the loudest chanters of fake news” are “the ones who, under a lie detector, would probably take our word over any word they’ve heard from the other side on whether something was poisonous or not.”
Speaking directly to those unsupported claims, a scientific survey commissioned by Just Facts shows that many people are indeed misinformed—but contrary to Todd—this is a bipartisan affair. In fact, the survey found that the most commonly believed misinformation accords with left-leaning narratives spread by the press, and Democrat voters are more likely to accept these falsehoods than Trump voters. Furthermore, sizable portions of Trump voters have swallowed some of these media-promoted liberal fictions, as well as some conservative ones.
The findings are from a nationally representative annual survey commissioned by Just Facts, a non-profit research and educational institute. The survey was conducted by Triton Polling & Research, an academic research firm that used sound methodologies to assess U.S. residents who regularly vote.
While most polls measure public opinion, this unique one measures voters’ knowledge of major issues facing the nation—such as education, taxes, healthcare, national debt, pollution, government spending, Social Security, global warming, energy, and hunger. Every year, the poll includes a new question about a prevalent, controversial issue. This year, it is about poverty....
The questions, results and methodology are at the link.