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Breaking: CNN Reports Darren Wilson Did Not Suffer a Fractured Eye Socket

beefheart said:
Then why did he go back and use a bad software program to try to paint over Univ of Iowa?

And, he didn't make it that clear..he put it up there for more sensationalism. He put (file image) under the picture. At no point did he say "this xray is an example of what an orbital fracture looks like"

Bonus.....he duped Ann Coulter, who took the xray and claimed it was Darren Wilson's.

Ann Coulter Takes Jim Hoft's Misleading Bait, Says "We Saw X-Ray of Wilson's Fractured Eye Socket" - Little Green Footballs
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Already covered that, to avoid copyright issues. And Anne Coulter made a dumb mistake just as you and Johnson have in that she failed to actually read the caption, which btw was in regular typeface, so there's no excuse for the error.
 
clownboy said:
And we still don't know the facts. CNN is in the business to make money. They make more when people are watching. They could very well have come out with this to stir things up, seeing the officer in question was now winning in the greater public eye. They can always backtrack later if they're wrong. But can do victory laps if they're right. Either way, cha-ching!
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Well the same criticisms could be made of all American MSM. And no, all the facts aren't in.
 
j-mac said:
It changes little. An assault on an officer is a felony. Going for a gun is another. I don't know if this is what happened but you don't know it didn't. So if you're suggesting that speculation is wrong I'll agree, but if you're saying only that speculation that disagrees with your narrative is wrong then you're just dishonest.
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Correct, which is what is being done by people across the country.
 
clownboy said:
Maybe? Never heard of him before you started your little hate campaign.

Hint: CNN is a respected news org FOR MONEY. Without the dollars they would not even be a blog. They make money because people watch. Thus they do all they can to ensure people watch. CNN has told many a porkie in the past, they just quietly walk it back every time, making the bucks every step of the way.
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And..you aren't a capitalist?

Tell me what news org is not a business, and doesn't have to make a profit.

Hoft has a long record of sensationalism and outright lies. He got busted. Other bloggers took the bait and claimed the xray was of Wilson.

No one fact checks things they agree with....
 
Montecresto said:
Well the same criticisms could be made of all American MSM. And no, all the facts aren't in.
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Certainly can, except perhaps the locals where they don't make money from news, it's a loss leader for them. And that last, glad you're finally getting it.
 
Zyphlin said:
Crazy Redress, who wants to do that?

No seriously...who wants to do that, because it seems almost no one in this freaking country is actually doing that. I've actually largely avoided trying to post in most of these threads thus far because frankly the ZEALOT like nature of people on both sides is frustrating and rather worthless to try and wade through. So few people actually seem to honestly just want to know what happened, they want to know what happened that fits their preconceived notions and agendas and thoughts.

Much like Trayvon and Zimmerman in the end, I imagine that after all is said and done and all the bull**** and propaganda and protests and police action and all the other crap....the reality is going to be a lot more murky on both sides and it'll be somewhere in between what either one has been claiming so loudly since the start.
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You should have seen people go after me when I pointed out that one blog(with a terrible record for accuracy) reporting something was not reliable. I take pride in managing to annoy both sides...and find it sad that there are sides instead of people just wanting the appropriate outcome.
 
clownboy said:
Already covered that, to avoid copyright issues. And Anne Coulter made a dumb mistake just as you and Johnson have in that she failed to actually read the caption, which btw was in regular typeface, so there's no excuse for the error.
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What copyright issues? Here is the original website that he took it from. Please, find where the image is copyrighted. He took the image from the website....and altered it. You don't alter images you put on your own website that you take from other websites....

Blowout Fracture — AAPOS
 
Redress said:
You are jumping the gun. There are now conflicting reports, all based on unnamed sources. That is far from a settled matter. Be patient for definitive reporting.
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The CNN reports are unnamed. Jim Hoft's story was unnamed.

You are correct both are equally worthless and the facts are unknown.

We only know Wilson was taken to the hospital due to SOME kind of facial injury. Maybe mad maybe not.

We know witnesses are being bandied about by both sides and none of them are credible.

We know that the second autopsy is weak on evidence against the Officer.

The rest is known only to the investigators
 
beefheart said:
And..you aren't a capitalist?

Tell me what news org is not a business, and doesn't have to make a profit.

Hoft has a long record of sensationalism and outright lies. He got busted. Other bloggers took the bait and claimed the xray was of Wilson.

No one fact checks things they agree with....
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What would it matter if I were? Not any less the truth if I'm a capitalist or a communist. But I understand how your mind works, if I were a democrat crusader you'd be more likely to agree with me. I think we all know that by now.

AND the local news doesn't make money, they lose it. Google loss leader. It's what all TV news was until CNN news CHANNEL came along.

You've obviously either been following this Holt fellow for a long time now, or you've just bought into the current partisan script. Wonder which it might be. Tell us, is he a conservative? That confirms your hatred right there, no matter what he's said or done.
 
beefheart said:
What copyright issues? Here is the original website that he took it from. Please, find where the image is copyrighted. He took the image from the website....and altered it. You don't alter images you put on your own website that you take from other websites....

Blowout Fracture — AAPOS
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No, we go from purchased stock photos, have for years. Ever since the web went fully commercial. But that last is rubbish and you don't know what you're talking about.
 
clownboy said:
No, we go from purchased stock photos, have for years. Ever since the web went fully commercial. But that last is rubbish and you don't know what you're talking about.
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Is the photo a stock photo? You don't know that. And Hoft tried to erase Univ of Iowa from it... You can't seem to grasp that.

I'm not a democrat, I am independent...voting next Tuesday...on the republican ballot. Get over it.
 
beefheart said:
Is the photo a stock photo? You don't know that. And Hoft tried to erase Univ of Iowa from it... You can't seem to grasp that.

I'm not a democrat, I am independent...voting next Tuesday...on the republican ballot. Get over it.
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What you can't seem to grasp is that the photo is clearly captioned and sourced. As for the rest, oh how could you! :lamo
 
clownboy said:
What you can't seem to grasp is that the photo is clearly captioned and sourced. As for the rest, oh how could you! :lamo
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Maybe he's trying to help defeat a Tea Party candidate so he can vote for the Democrat in the primary ?
 
Fenton said:
Maybe he's trying to help defeat a Tea Party candidate so he can vote for the Democrat in the primary ?
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That was my first thought too. Since party centric ballots only happen in primaries.
 
clownboy said:
What you can't seem to grasp is that the photo is clearly captioned and sourced. As for the rest, oh how could you! :lamo
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And...then he modified it, because if it said Univ of Iowa on it, people would realize it wasn't the cat scan of Darren Wilson.

Because, plenty of people saw that cat scan, and ran with it as if it was Darren Wilson's.

You just don't get it.

(BTW, I was a registered republican for decades, but, like the majority of voters in my state, I became an independent, both parties suck in this state, and they are feeling the pinch now)
 
beefheart said:
And...then he modified it, because if it said Univ of Iowa on it, people would realize it wasn't the cat scan of Darren Wilson.

Because, plenty of people saw that cat scan, and ran with it as if it was Darren Wilson's.
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Only those who could not or did not read. Not sure I'd want to advertise myself as one of those if I were you.

beefheart said:
You just don't get it.
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Nor, apparently do you.

beefheart said:
(BTW, I was a registered republican for decades, but, like the majority of voters in my state, I became an independent, both parties suck in this state, and they are feeling the pinch now)
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Me too.
 
beefheart said:
I'll take CNN over Gateway Pundit any day.

But, who knows?
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There is more then just Jim Hoft claiming it. Fox and Washington Times have all made similar, separately sourced, claims.
 
I will just wait and see what the law/courts decide.

Why so many people deal in gossip over this is beyond me...boredom I guess.
 
There are 5 candidates in AZ for Gov, a corrupt businessman who is owned by the religious right, a birther, a former atty general who was disbarred for sleazy dealings in office who wants to build a border fence...100 miles north of the border, a GoDaddy lawyer who is a twit, a former CA congressman who posts pictures of his pecs, and one normal guy, the former mayor of Mesa, who helped to bring many high tech companies and their factories to his town to improve the state economy. We have a guy running for School Superintendent who got busted for posting incredibly obnoxious things on several blogs under fake names, till he got caught, we have an attorney general running for re-election that did a hit and run accident with his mistress in the car (on tape), and is being investigated for using his office as a campaign HQ, and he lost his license as a stockbroker for shady dealings. And that doesn't even go into the state house and senate people...birthers, 6000 year old earth folk, and some really strange others.

The parties don't get it, but they are learning, independent voters have already broken the record for voting in this election by mail, will be much more on tuesday.
 
beefheart said:
No, Fox is right wing, MSNBC is left wing. CNN is moderate.

But to someone who is ultra right wing, every media source outside of Fox and discredited bloggers is left wing.
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No, CNN is left wing, MSNBC is more left wing, and Fox is center right. But to someone who is ultra left wing...
 
LowDown said:
No, CNN is left wing, MSNBC is more left wing, and Fox is center right. But to someone who is ultra left wing...
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No, I am actually centrist, which to you makes me a liberal. But you are ultra ultra right wing.
 
Ah, the gravitas of speculating about missing plane for an entire month. The gravitas of using plastic models to show us what a plane looks like and the gravitas of turning off the studio lights so we could see how dark the ocean was.



beefheart said:
CNN has ethics and gravitas.

Hoft is the stupidest man on the internet.
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TobyOne said:
Ah, the gravitas of speculating about missing plane for an entire month. The gravitas of using plastic models to show us what a plane looks like and the gravitas of turning off the studio lights so we could see how dark the ocean was.
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You have no answer, so...bring up a different story!
 
beefheart said:
No, I am actually centrist, which to you makes me a liberal. But you are ultra ultra right wing.
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All the left wingers are ginning up to get the policeman lynched. They take little snippets of evidence and factiods and jump wildly to predetermined conclusions while ignoring or dismissing anything that contradicts their preferred narrative. A centrist would be saying, "Let's wait for the evidence and let the legal system deal with this."
 
beefheart said:
CNN has ethics and gravitas.

Hoft is the stupidest man on the internet.
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:lamo Ethics like pointing out to the mod the cops house?
 
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