News articles (are meant to) report facts

The general consensus of columnists and opinion pieces tend to show the political leanings of a newspaper.

Posted By: phrankin on December 16th 2014 at 16:41:18

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Despite protestations from The Guardian, it appears the attack was ISIS related (General Chat) - phrankin, Dec 16, 12:55:33
- Much more interesting is the #illridewithyou response from ordinary Aussies (General Chat) - Old Man, Dec 16, 15:25:22
  - Ordinary Aussies were also taking selfies at the scene (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 16, 16:31:06
  - Precisely (General Chat) - norway, Dec 16, 15:26:30
    - ISIS is far less an organised terrorist network than we are accustomed to (General Chat) - phrankin, Dec 16, 16:12:17
      - No (General Chat) - norway, Dec 16, 16:14:16
        
        Oh I agree (General Chat) - phrankin, Dec 16, 16:20:55
- Your utter fixation with The Guardian is hilarious... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 16, 13:40:27
- i could wander into the pub just down the road and start punching people in the face, (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 13:08:51
  - No but.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 16, 13:17:38
    - it's not a question of whether he'd accumulated enough naughty points to be left off Santa (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 13:22:53
      - 2 people are dead FFS you utter cretin! (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Dec 16, 14:52:32
        
        crikey! you've decided to break your sabbatical for the sake of not understanding what has (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 15:30:47
        
        Yep, Been lightly monitoring the board for a few weeks but (General Chat) - Pit, Dec 16, 15:32:52
        
        and it's over something you've failed to understand too. (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 15:46:37
        
        Oh well (General Chat) - Pit, Dec 16, 16:06:53
        
        you seem to have confused me with Phrankin (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 16:14:08
        
        actually all I was stating was (General Chat) - phrankin, Dec 16, 16:23:54
        
        so you don't understand the difference between an opinion piece and their news articles? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 16:27:25
        
        News articles (are meant to) report facts (General Chat) - phrankin, Dec 16, 16:41:18
        
        ok (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Dec 16, 16:20:26
        
        Except that (General Chat) - norway, Dec 16, 16:12:52
        
        ok (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Dec 16, 16:21:17
        
        I'm sure the apology will be in the post... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 16, 16:20:09
        
        Oh well (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 16, 15:37:26
      - He was known to the police..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 16, 13:29:44
        
        righto Chelts, righto... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 13:34:21
        
        These cunts dont deserve more than... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 16, 13:36:06
        
        you're going soft in your old age Chelts, only 15 minutes ago you were denying 'them' the (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 13:42:32
        
        No i wasnt.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 16, 13:45:03
        
        no Chelts, the soldier that shot 1st admitted to not shouting any warning beforehand (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 13:58:18
        
        Right to drop them. (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 16, 14:08:31
        
        yes, they were there with a bomb and with all intention of exploding it (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 14:17:35
        
        Here.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 16, 14:24:08
        
        how do you surrender when you've been given no notice? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 15:26:05
        
        A gun is pulled.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 16, 16:23:52
        
        the SAS did not identify themselves as the 'authorities' (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 20:56:26
        
        Plus..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 16, 15:03:27
        
        whatevs Chelts (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 15:27:31
        
        Anyway.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 16, 16:35:23
        
        Ignore him Chelts, He's probably still giving Hitler the benefit of the doubt. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Dec 16, 15:06:42
        
        That's not how I am reading it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Dec 16, 15:22:57
        
        But you're calling him a 'terrorist sympathiser' (General Chat) - norway, Dec 16, 15:25:12
        
        An Apologist... (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Dec 16, 16:06:00
        
        Sorry but I don't agree. And its a toucy subject for me as a work pal died in 9/11 (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Dec 16, 15:29:38
        
        ? (General Chat) - norway, Dec 16, 15:21:56
      - Criminals and the mentally unhinged can be members of ISIS too you know... (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Dec 16, 13:24:40
        
        what does membership even mean in this case. (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 13:31:41
        
        Member of / acting in the name of..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 16, 13:33:45
  - what does connection even mean in this case (General Chat) - phrankin, Dec 16, 13:10:53
    - righto, in which case i'm calling you a fuckwit in the name of ISIS (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 16, 13:15:02
      - Can we have a terrorist sympathiser filter please. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Dec 16, 14:46:43
        
        You really are one mother fucking weirdo mate (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 16, 15:38:52
        
        Thanks for your support. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Dec 16, 15:39:41
        
        ^potd, lol! (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 16, 16:48:41
      - But you don't subscribe to their beliefs (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Dec 16, 13:24:11
- No it doesn't, not yet (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Dec 16, 13:06:09

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