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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: onepoorguy 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: more documents?
Date: 12/16/23 9:49 PM
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Your sources are consistently unreliable. It's not about left or right. It's about factual and not factual. There are several entities out there that assess sources for accuracy, as well as bias. They will call out Daily Kos just as fast as Gateway Pundit for inaccuracy. Those entities are not "left wing socialists" simply because they say your favorite publications are lying to you.

I'm reminded that Fox got a lot of blow-back when they called the election for Biden. Their viewers didn't want to hear that, and took it out on Fox. Which is wrong. They (for once) reported the truth to their viewers. Apparently a lot of them just wanted their opinions affirmed, regardless of the facts. Sticking with unreliable publications is one way of doing that, and you're certainly free to do it. But then you can't be surprised if people consider you misinformed.

You're sounding like that blonde on OANN (I forget her name) that uses similar wording, and makes huge leaps of (il)logic. I tried watching a bit of that, but it was clear that their viewers were those who thought Fox was too left-leaning and sensible.

Anyway, you do you. But a lot of folks will continue to call you on your dubious sources. Not trying to be mean. Just addressing your exasperation at people telling you your sources are bad.
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