GoodNews ABC Should Be Ashamed

[Nbadan]

Dan, the New Jersey Advertiser is not a current publication either. Those are papers that existed at one time, but not anymore.

That site is not updated either. Could be that one of the weekly locals changed their name back to the New-Jersey Advertiser, given the names history.

[Peter]

Dig that hole any deeper and you'll have to speak Chinese.

[Spurminator]

Sperminator?

You got me there...

[Yonivore]

Her hairstyle looked horrible

She's a freakin' recent cancer survivor -- coulda been a wig.

[Nbadan]

Dig that hole any deeper and you'll have to speak Chinese.

Who's digging a hole? Sperminator provided no evidence that the claims made by DU do not exist. It's real easy to say things without backing them up (just ask Dubya) Are we supposed to take his word for it?

As far as news out of Iraq, let's get the truth from Iraqi Newspapers translated into English..

Not much good news from Iraqi news sites either

Here are just a few I checked that have English translations, along with other sites dedicated to news out of Iraq:

http://www.childrenofiraq.org /

http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

http://electroniciraq.net/news /

http://iwpr.net/?p=icr&s=p&o=-&apc_state=henh

http://www.iraqfoundation.org /

http://www.memri.org/iraq.html

http://www.kurdmedia.com /

http://www.peyamner.com/index.php?lang=english

http://www.puk.org /

http://www.baghdadbulletin.com /

http://www.militaryspot.com/iraq.htm

http://www.newswealth.com/Countries_News/Middle_East/Ir...

Not much there that can be called "good news" there.

[Oh, Gee!!]

It's obvious that the original poster on DU was passing them off as real stories.

Now, maybe he got them in his email (a la Hook Dem) and they were originally intended to be jokes.

why? cuz he didn't throw in a couple into his post? Like I said, I feel sorry for anybody who mistook them as actual news stories.

[Spurminator]

Sperminator provided no evidence that the claims made by DU do not exist.

Let me find that source that states "The Basrah Times-Picayune DOES NOT Exist".

[Spurminator]

why? cuz he didn't throw in a couple into his post? Like I said, I feel sorry for anybody who mistook them as actual news stories.

Anyone else think this sounds like satire?

We here at Democratic Underground decided to take them up on their challenge, and instructed our small army of highly-trained research interns to scour the media looking for good news about Iraq. Here is what they found. I am sure you will agree that it provides the necessary balance that is sorely lacking in the liberal media today. It might even make you re-think your unrealistically negative view of the war.

Some tongue-in-cheek statements, but it's pretty apparent what the intent was.

[Oh, Gee!!]

She's a freakin' recent cancer survivor -- coulda been a wig.

that's worse. That would mean she intentionally picked the "Flock of Seagulls" model over every other available wig. Like I said, no excuse for bad style.

[Nbadan]

Let me find that source that states "The Basrah Times-Picayune DOES NOT Exist".

But you didn't prove any of your claims Sperminator. It's real easy to just say that this or that was never published. The Halliburton Press release, your closest thing to anything you verified could have been scrubbed by the company.

[Spurminator]

It's real easy to just say that this or that was never published.

Dan, the burden of proof is on the people who make up newspapers.

[Peter]

So he spams the forum with crap from DU? Oh well, both sides do it. Still, funny that some of it was bogus when it was posted as news. Even funnier when someone tries to defend it.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Some tongue-in-cheek statements, but it's pretty apparent what the intent was.

Cuz one wouldn't use tongue-in-cheek statements when attempting satire. You got me there, Spurmie.

[Spurminator]

The more I read it the more I think these were originally written as satire but DU read too much into them.

[Spurminator]

Cuz one wouldn't use tongue-in-cheek statements when attempting satire. You got me there, Spurmie.

Maybe, maybe not.

You'd think after fifty replies, one of the moderators might jump in and, oh I don't know, let them know it's a joke?

[Nbadan]

So he spams the forum with crap from DU? Oh well, both sides do it. Still, funny that some of it was bogus when it was posted as news. Even funnier when someone tries to defend it.

Who's spamming the forum? I posted part of one article from DU and that's spamming?

[Peter]

Who's spamming the forum? I posted part of one article from DU and that's spamming?

Your volume of threads surpasses everyone else in here. Probably combined.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Peter's right, dan.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Maybe, maybe not.

You'd think after fifty replies, one of the moderators might jump in and, oh I don't know, let them know it's a joke?

Maybe we're smarter over here at SpursTalk. Well, except for Dan.

[Nbadan]

Your volume of threads surpasses everyone else in here. Probably combined.

So what? Nobody is restricted to the number of posts here as far as I know.

[Nbadan]

Maybe we're smarter over here at SpursTalk. Well, except for Dan.

No Gee, Skinner wouldn't post article that can't be verified. Trust me.

[Peter]

So what? Nobody is restricted to the number of posts here as far as I know.

That wasn't the issue.

[Spurminator]

I'm going to take it back... I think Skinner wrote these and I think he meant them as a joke. It's actually pretty good satire...

My apologies, Oh Gee.

[Oh, Gee!!]

I'm going to take it back... I think Skinner wrote these and I think he meant them as a joke. It's actually pretty good satire...

My apologies, Oh Gee.

You were right though, some of those posters on DU (and apparently NBAdan) seem to be taking them seriously. My apologies to you, sir.

[Nbadan]

You were right though, some of those posters on DU (and apparently NBAdan) seem to be taking them seriously. My apologies to you, sir.

Who's taking them seriously? Maybe at first, but after reading a few of the articles, it's apparent that this is what they really are.

Doesn't change the fact that there is all this 'good news' coming from Iraq.