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Posted by: epiphannyy 7 months, 1 week ago

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epiphannyy7 months, 1 week ago

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This is why I never use Wikipedia for anything other than benign information, and anything I do find that I want to rely on as fact I verify it before I ever repeat it to anyone.

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  Beau78907 months, 1 week ago
  
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  That's great, but it unfortunately points to the truth about our lazy media--good reporting using solid sources is hard to come by. And as real journalism dies a slow, agonizing death, it's not going to get any better.
  
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  kobzikov7 months, 1 week ago
  
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  This story reminds me of Bathtub hoax by HL Mencken.
  
  Here is a Wikipedia link
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_hoax
  
  Be sure to change it around to your liking. :)
  
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