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Halx, I think it might be political science.
Ace, as a conservative you're outnumbered something like 12:1 here, so why are you surprised when you get run over? That's the nature of the beast.
dc, I find myself agreeing with you, but there has to be some wiggle room on whether a source is reputable, even if we're quoting something mainstream. A lot of people quoted very reputable articles back when Jessica Lynch was in the news....only to find out that everyone was wrong. The real problem is that very few of us are journalists, and very few of us have a real connection to a source on a story. I happened to know people in Lebanon when Israel invaded a few months back, so I knew my information was correct and up to date. A lot of the information on that story was sourced from Israeli news organizations, though, so while my information was correct, the prevailing understanding was wrong and I was thus considered wrong. This is a complicated problem that does not have one solution. Simply speaking, the answer is to do your best and keep and open mind, but that seems an inadequate response to the situation.
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