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Craigslist Founder: Comedy Central the Most Trusted Name in News
Newsbusters ^ | 04/06/10 | Anthony Kang

Posted on 04/06/2010 8:42:54 PM PDT by kangpin

Everyone knows Fox isn't "the most trusted name in news," so who is? You guessed it - and at least one media tycoon agrees. Speaking at the University of Missouri as a guest-lecture, Craig Newmark - Craigslist founder and informal Obama technology-advisor - argued that Comedy Central is the most trustworthy news source.

Invited to discuss the future of journalism - where individuals virtually have an endless amount of resources in today's era of new media - Newark stressed how trust and credibility was paramount, emphasizing the exemplary dedication Comedy Central shows have for investigative reporting and fact-checking.

"[R]ight now I think the most trusted news show in the U.S. is the one that does the best investigative reporting and the most trustworthy reporting - and that's ‘The Daily Show,'" Newark said - and he wasn't joking. "Sounds like a joke - isn't."

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1 posted on 04/06/2010 8:42:54 PM PDT by kangpin
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And this pretty much sums up why the US is circling the drain right now.


2 posted on 04/06/2010 8:45:47 PM PDT by xp38
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3 posted on 04/06/2010 8:46:41 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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To: kangpin

The most trusted news source for potheads.


4 posted on 04/06/2010 8:46:59 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
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To: rdl6989

The most trusted name in Adult Services


5 posted on 04/06/2010 8:47:32 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: kangpin

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2487901/posts


6 posted on 04/06/2010 8:47:35 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR.......Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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To: kangpin

Sad but true. The Images of Gerald Ford and Sarah Palin were formed by Saturday night live.


7 posted on 04/06/2010 8:50:35 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: kangpin

Craig Newmark's clone?
8 posted on 04/06/2010 9:07:20 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: pfflier
The Images of Gerald Ford and Sarah Palin were formed by Saturday night live.

And Sarah Palin is more successful and more powerful than ever, DESPITE Saturday Night Live and the pumpkin head Tina Fey's best efforts to destroy her. Fox trumps Saturday Night Live any day.

9 posted on 04/06/2010 9:10:43 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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The young and the clueless are the young and the clueless for a reason. Serious people don’t vote democrat and the adult leftists know it’s imperative to keep them stupid for as long as possible.


10 posted on 04/06/2010 9:15:39 PM PDT by MNnice
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To: kangpin

Libs get their news from Daily Show, Colbert and the Leno/Letterman monologue.

And then trash Fox News viewers.


11 posted on 04/06/2010 9:16:32 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: kangpin

Sure ok.

And Craigs list is the safest website, for blind dates...

/s

Just saying.


12 posted on 04/06/2010 9:19:12 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (2012: Repeal it all... All of it!)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
The gays in my city use craigslist to hook up; I see them in the woods while mountain biking.

I always yell "Don't do him! He has AIDS!

13 posted on 04/07/2010 6:28:31 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns (It's not too late to begin your preps !)
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To: SmokingJoe

What’s the frequency, Kenneth?


14 posted on 04/07/2010 6:53:35 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: SmokingJoe
The media is always very busy marginalizing Republicans and conservatives. Nixon was "Tricky Dick", Ford was a klutz, Reagan was a senile old man, Bush was a whimp, his son was an idiot.

On the other side Carter is the elder statesman, klintoon and the hildabeast were the smartest people alive and Zero is being sold as being so intelligent we are incapable, maybe even unworthy of assuming were are on the same plane of intelligence.

15 posted on 04/07/2010 7:09:50 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: I Buried My Guns

so, what exactly is it that takes you routinely through ‘Fag Forest’?


16 posted on 04/07/2010 3:57:20 PM PDT by spookay (Just the facts ma'am.)
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To: pfflier

It is, perhaps, an inconvenient reality that the IQ of the average republican voter is significantly lower than that of the average democratic voter. That is not to say that there is no such thing as a smart republican, but they do appeal disproportionately to heavy browed, racist, and generally self-centered peoples.


17 posted on 04/07/2010 4:05:58 PM PDT by spookay (Just the facts ma'am.)
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To: spookay
I would like to see some substantiation of your comments.

So far you sound like a troll

18 posted on 04/07/2010 4:22:41 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: spookay; darkwing104; Old Sarge
It is, perhaps, an inconvenient reality that the IQ of the average republican voter is significantly lower than that of the average democratic voter.

***SNIFF***

19 posted on 04/07/2010 7:12:03 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others.)
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To: spookay

LOL....Good one!
That was a joke, right?


20 posted on 04/07/2010 7:18:55 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (The Obama Doctrine in 6 words - Embolden Enemies, Abandon Allies, WEAKEN AMERICA.)
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