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EricHiggin on 05 July 2017
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sundin13 said:
EricHiggin said:

Want to know what else used to be "well known"?  That the Earth was flat...  good to know that was the factual truth and still is...   heaven forbid anyone ever came along and questioned that fact and tried to prove otherwise...  (btw, a bunch of scientists, astronomers, mathematicians, were all executed during this period, only to later be proven correct about their crazy "round Earth" assumptions and proofs).

A scientific "fact" is fundamentally different than something the news would typically report on. These facts generally revolve around "this event happened" or "this person said something", not "here we present a hypothesis for explaining earth's shape". Scientific facts are based on explaining events or phenomena while "news" facts are based on mere existence of events or phenomena.

We don't need a thorough scientific analysis of whether or not some individual is actually being investigated by the FBI. That doesn't even really make sense. 

PS: Flat earth theory largely went away around the third century BC. It is a myth that it was common in medieval times and before Colombus.

Facts are facts. Guesses are guesses. Opinions are opinions. Males are not Females, and Females are not Males.

The news today is based on here's what just happened from our point of view. The news when it started, was here is what happened, yesterday, or the day before, based on factual evidence gathered from professionals since then. Not this, "breaking news", Trump tweeted something 30 seconds ago that we haven't thought about or even processed yet, but we're triggered so we're telling you our opinion about it now anyway, and after that we won't be changing the story regardless of new facts, because our ratings are amazing now.

Yes it does make sense to be factual if the President is being investigated by the FBI and everything that comes of it. Like finding out at the Comey hearing months later, that Trump was never under investigation for good reason and that Comey just "forgot" to inform the media of that by chance. You also see physical violence like Republican Senators getting shot at a baseball practice by a Bernie Sanders campaign volunteer who was triggered and compelled by all of the negative media directed at Trump and the Republican Party. 

PS: When I said "used to be", that meant sometime before today, but yes, I was aware of the general timeline based on the point I made. Also, anyone would have to assume that before Columbus, round Earth was well known enough. Otherwise you have to assume that Columbus was crazy/suicidal.