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Killiana1a on 12 December 2010
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sapphi_snake said:
Kasz216 said:

You.... don't know Ragebot very well do you?  I mean, had you actually read Ragebot's comments before deciding on your opinion of him... like say...

"The fact that you don't know shit about Israel, like the fact that many, many citizens here despise the way the "leaders" of the jewish religon act, and their followers, does not make you right."

You've got to stop jumping to unfounded conclusions.

My bad. I misread the post.

"I'm with Ragebot on this one just like I would trust the word of a military general over some journalist who has a deep seated loathing for the military."

I didn't see the "just like" part before "I would trust", and didn't realsie it was a compariosn. I thought Ragebot was an Israeli army general, and that's why I made that comment.

I'd still not trust the general over the journalist though.

The caveat in my post was a journalist with a deep seated bias against an institution, in this case I used the military. If those who are responsible to give an objective, fair view of the story cannot hold back their biases via the tone and semantics of their news articles or if I know they have them by Googling them, then I don't trust the word of the messenger.

For example, I give more trust to Reuters, CNN, AP, and BBC News than Fox News, MSNBC, and DemocracyNow! because I know from watching and reading their news that they try to uphold some journalistic standards, while Fox News, MSNBC, and DemocracyNow! constantly mash news and entertainment together with talking heads who have definite political leanings they cannot or will not hide because their viewerbase watches them just for their "point of view."

I apologize for not making it clearer.