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Vanity: How reliable is Debkafile?
Debka
| Oct 1 2007
| Blogger
Posted on 10/01/2007 5:22:34 AM PDT by Blogger
Saw this headline on another forum: DEBKAfile reports: Russians employed at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor suddenly depart in a body, according to local Arab sources
Was wondering if Debka is ever right about things? What is their accuracy rate?
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KEYWORDS: bushehr; debka; iran; nukes
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:22:39 AM PDT
by
Blogger
To: Blogger
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:23:56 AM PDT
by
xrp
(Republicans Message: Vote for us, we suck less than Democrats.)
To: Blogger
From what I’ve seen they are rarely right in part and virtually never right in whole.
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:24:42 AM PDT
by
DB
To: Blogger
Not very reliable. It is given to sensational claims that don’t pan out.
To: Blogger
Pretty damn near zero. Otherwise, the Iranian government would have been overthrown by now.
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:26:02 AM PDT
by
Brilliant
To: Blogger
Not very, but more reliable than John Loftus.
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:26:22 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Join the NCAA basketball thread - Freemail me)
To: Blogger
VERY, VERY RELIABLE, INDEED!, I read it in the Enquirer!...............
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:27:02 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmosphere. We're just putting it back!)
To: Blogger
For confirmation of the story, you might try PRAVDA...................
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:28:14 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmosphere. We're just putting it back!)
To: Anti-Bubba182
“Not very reliable. It is given to sensational claims that don’t pan out.”
How’s that any different from the MSM?
To: Slapshot68
How’s that any different from the MSM?I think they're funnier than the drive by media.
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:30:49 AM PDT
by
Stepan12
( "We are all girlymen now." Conservative reaction to Ann Coulter's anti PC joke)
To: Red Badger
Come on Red, why are you degrading the Enquirer by comparing them to debka?
The Enquirer is right at least ocationally.
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:32:24 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: Blogger
Russians employed at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor suddenly depart in a body That should tell you something right there.
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:33:03 AM PDT
by
Cagey
(Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
To: Blogger
How reliable is the NYT, CBS, NBC, ABC, the CIA, the State Department?
Debka's in that ballpark, maybe better.
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:34:52 AM PDT
by
bvw
To: Joe Boucher
You're right! It must have been in the Weekly World News!
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:36:07 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmosphere. We're just putting it back!)
To: Blogger
You would do better with one of those Magic 8-Ball decision makers.
Debka is good for a racy giggle sometimes. Not much else.
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posted on
10/01/2007 5:50:43 AM PDT
by
Ronin
(Bushed out!!! Another tragic victim of BDS.)
To: Blogger
Was wondering if Debka is ever right about things? What is their accuracy rate? Slightly better than Dick Morris. Think "blind squirrel".
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posted on
10/01/2007 6:01:15 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
To: SampleMan
That’s what I thought. But I still see lots of folks referencing them, so I was wondering, “why?” Sounds like entertainment value.
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posted on
10/01/2007 6:39:21 AM PDT
by
Blogger
(Propheteuon.com)
To: Blogger
Look at it like this...Debka's 'source' for this sensational story is something called the "Khorramshar News Agency" - a quick google search for the "Khorramshar News Agency" reveals two pages :
1st page is the very same Debka article
2nd page is reposting the same article from Debka
In other words, the "Khorramshar News Agency" doesn't exist outside of this Debka piece of fiction.
To: Blogger
DEBKA is 100% accurate if the event is within a block of their office. For events at greater distance they utilize Remove Viewing.
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:30:16 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(25 degrees today. Phase state change accomplished.)
To: RightWhale
vt Actually this would do as is.
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:31:30 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(25 degrees today. Phase state change accomplished.)
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