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To: Admin Moderator; Sidebar Moderator; Jim Robinson

I posted this article in bloggers, but it really is an important news story. World Net Daily essentially frabricated an article out of the one I submitted to them to prop up their missile conspiracy theory.

The big story here is not about the contrail, but whether WND can be trusted as a news source.

If you deem it appropriate, please consider moving this thread over to one of the news categories.


2 posted on 12/12/2010 10:51:43 AM PST by Brian Kopp DPM (Liberalism is infecund.)
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To: TXnMA; TigersEye; Slicksadick; The Comedian; DontTreadOnMe2009; justa-hairyape; kanawa; aruanan; ...

Ping to some of the folks I’ve discussed this issue with on threads over the past month.


3 posted on 12/12/2010 10:56:23 AM PST by Brian Kopp DPM (Liberalism is infecund.)
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To: Dr. Brian Kopp

Thanks for posting this. I wonder these days, unless you are an actual observer of an event, what you can believe.


4 posted on 12/12/2010 10:57:12 AM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: Dr. Brian Kopp

Well done.


6 posted on 12/12/2010 11:00:34 AM PST by EternalVigilance (The care of human life...is the first and only legitimate object of good government -- Jefferson)
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To: Dr. Brian Kopp; Jim Robinson

WND cannot be trusted as a news source. They write yellow journalism to get traffic. They’ve deliberately mislead conservatives on the issue of Obama’s eligibility and repeatedly published demonstrably false rumors that have been debunked.

It does not surprise me at all that they edited your article to make more sensational. You’re wise to be skeptical of them. I never trust anything they publish. I always research their claims with outside sources.


12 posted on 12/12/2010 11:14:53 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: Dr. Brian Kopp
whether WND can be trusted as a news source

No. There's a reason it's been called "World Nut Daily" even by Conservatives.

154 posted on 12/12/2010 7:38:27 PM PST by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: Dr. Brian Kopp

World Net Daily fabricating and sensationalizing a story? Of course! Its a terrible “news” source, written to get people angry, but without regard for accuracy. At least the National Enquirer is fun, WND is just garbage.


364 posted on 12/14/2010 8:23:09 PM PST by Sto Zvirat
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To: Dr. Brian Kopp; All

I watched the original CBS video-—several times.

IT WAS A MISSILE.


580 posted on 12/18/2010 1:50:11 AM PST by Halgr (Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
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