
Originally Posted by
BDP
Really? I find that this happens A LOT less in traditional media than on the internet. Here you have a forum within a medium that is connected to the biggest information resource in existence. If I try and BS you or make crazy factual claims, all anyone has to do is look it up and they can even source their retorts. Happens here all the time.
The fact of the matter is that politicians on the stump, op-ed writers, news anchors, or movers and shakers at photo ops face a much lesser potential for scrutiny and debate than anyone does in open discussion formats like this one. They say what they say and then it's "screw you, see you later".
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