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analyst-kid 2018-02-15 09:50:01 

I've heard he has died from a massive heart attack!

 
Chrissy 2018-02-15 09:54:19 

In reply to analyst-kid

Can't find a link

 
Dukes 2018-02-15 09:57:45 

In reply to analyst-kid

Don't you think that if that were true, it would be all over the news?????

rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes

 
analyst-kid 2018-02-15 10:05:13 

In reply to Dukes

Thats what i mean....i heard the guy said it on National Radio....i would think they source would be BBC or CNN

 
NineMiles 2018-02-15 10:50:00 

In reply to analyst-kid

Check from a credible source before posting then! Stupppppsssss.....................!!

 
ray 2018-02-15 10:51:50 

In reply to analyst-kid

you should not get so excited to pound away on your keyboard

 
pelon 2018-02-15 10:59:52 

In reply to analyst-kid

i heard the guy said it on National Radio


The same radio said the economy is sound in Bim.

Do we validate, or accept what we are told?

30 years ago, we had no other way of validating.... but come on bro....

i heard the guy said it on National Radio....i would think they source would be BBC or CNN
I never thought would be this simplistic a thinker.

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2018-02-15 12:11:52 

In reply to pelon

shock shock big grin big grin

 
VIX 2018-02-15 12:15:35 

click bait fake news. Crazy that a radio station would fall for it.

 
Runs 2018-02-15 12:17:03 

In reply to VIX

You would be surprised how many cannot distinguish between credible and fake.

 
VIX 2018-02-15 12:23:10 

In reply to Runs

Not at all surprised. Lots of folks who should know better parrot this sort of junk as if it were fact.
One guy even became US president riding on fake news!

 
pelon 2018-02-15 12:36:43 

In reply to Runs & Vix

So true. It's easy to dismiss this thread as a "simple mistake" (and it is)... but this same thinking is why politicians run rampant around the globe.

Just say something and it can become fact to a % of your audience.

Like pastors in the pew or politician in parliament, news fed information is given a certain amount of carte blanche credibility as the bedrock of telling us masses what we should know and/or think....

BBC Radio mastered this as a form of colonial brainwashing over the commonwealth for decades.

 
Runs 2018-02-15 12:50:24 

In reply to pelon

Thought I’d share this article, very pertinent to the discussion and may be helpful.

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Tryangle 2018-02-15 13:09:39 

I remember when actor Paul Walker died in a car crash. It was first reported on TMZ. My first thought was 'oh, scam/spam alert. lemme see it on BBC or CNN or something then I'll pay attention'. And lo and behold, the TMZ report was true.

Just goes to show that media reputation also goes a long way.

 
pelon 2018-02-15 13:32:20 

In reply to Runs

validation, evaluation...

keeping it political: "trust but verify" R. Regan (but Russian proverb)

cool

 
VIX 2018-02-15 13:39:17 

In reply to Tryangle

TMZ has a pretty good track record though. They broke the news of both MJ and Prince's deaths amongst other big stories.

 
Runs 2018-02-15 13:40:56 

In reply to pelon

My ex boss always used to say she was from the, “Show Me State” - Missouri lol