Hi Bosco,
Thanks for your response and your comments to my post. Since you are a reasonable and logical person, I am taking the liberty to explain my post. Partisans do not necessarily tell the truth or a lie. Their distortions, as we see abundantly on Goanet, occurs when they express their opinions. A fact / truth does not become a lie, just because it comes from a partisan source. In fact likely, the partisans because of their interest, do the research. Some frequent posters on Goanet and who are expert web-surfers, quote / copy these partisan-sources, without giving the web-link (reference) its credit. In the link I provided (see below), Ariana Huffington does not even appear in the web-link. Likely you did not see the videos of the web-link. The first video-link, shows O'Reiley making a condemnation, in his usual obnoxious-self. The second web-link, depicts the distortions of the truth with the actual facts. The two web-links speak for themselves with no commentary / explanation provided / required. Likely you fell for another poster's chronic mis-characterization of the Huffington Post. This blog carries articles written by many authorities in the US, including leading politicians, and other experts; like judge Posner an authority on antitrust, etc. You and others should follow the Huff-Po, for useful national and international news. Many credit the demise of MAJOR newspapers to factors, chief among which is the Huff-Po. It is usually updated three to four times a day, and sometimes oftener with Breaking News. The web-links provide for some good comedy. Each of the posts in the blog, provides for readers' input. What more would one want for free. Perhaps Goanet could follow a similar format. Huff-Po usually provides unedited web-links (print and video) to other news sources, including Fox News. This is the best way they quote the right wing of this country. With Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, the naked facts (from the source) speak for themselves with no commentary needed. Rather than concentrate on the source of information, we should focus, rebut or expand, on the facts / information itself. Or else, as often happens on goanet, we only get 'talking points' written-for, or copied-from the "Talking Heads"; with the other half of the post being the regular character assassination. When there is no sense to be made, personal name-calling is just so much more fun, and attention-getting. It also is grandstanding, when there is nothing to stand on. When the faux-pas is displayed for all to see, we get a weasel-retreat.:=)) This by itself is really hilarious. Goanetters are smart enough to distinguish factual information from sloganeering. Regards, GL ----------- Bosco D'Mello I concur with the comments in para 1. All politicians are less than completely truthful. Re the weblink above - that is another in a series of partisan websites vis-a-vis US politics. It provides the opposite view of the links that Mario provides. I would not use it as a reference for anything. ------------ Gilbert Lawrence Darn those instant references, fact-checking, transcripts and video-links. More increasingly, the right-wing is being caught red-handed lying about the facts. See below: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/05/rick-sanchez-rips-bill-or_n_211971.html
