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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 12:54 pm
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How Dumb Do They Come?

"Bringin' Stupid Back"

http://blog.american.com/?p=29266

Weird Al should feature this in one of his parodies.

Seriously, everyone who graduates college should have to pass Algebra, Logic, and at least some dumbed down Statistics. This is scary.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 1:04 pm
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Originally Posted by ElizabethConley
"Bringin' Stupid Back"

http://blog.american.com/?p=29266

Weird Al should feature this in one of his parodies.

Seriously, everyone who graduates college should have to pass Algebra, Logic, and at least some dumbed down Statistics. This is scary.
He didn't read the article, did he?
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 1:08 pm
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He didn't read the article, did he?

Well there's the dilemma isn't it? If he read the article and still thinks the article proves the TSA's Xray backscatter equipment is safe, then he's a bit "intellectually challenged." If he didn't read the article he reported on or deliberately decided to lie about the article's implications, then he's a bit "ethically challenged."

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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 1:13 pm
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But for those concerned with health, if you dont want the TSA to touch your junk, its perfectly safe to go through the scanner instead.
And sadly a smiling newsreader told me the same thing yesterday, and I read the same sentiment on a leisure travel forum today.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 1:40 pm
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companies like L3 can buy dozens of shills just like this one anytime they want. When you have purposed, focused greed working on the willfully ignorant, truth goes out on a stretcher.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 1:44 pm
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I dunno. I prefer to believe most journalists are stupid, rather than believe so many are dishonest.

I admit that my preference doesn't effect reality. It's one way or the other, and anybody's guess as to which.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 1:48 pm
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Originally Posted by ElizabethConley
I dunno. I prefer to believe most journalists are stupid, rather than believe so many are dishonest.
I actually prefer the British English term 'newsreader' to 'anchor' as I don't believe that many/most 'news anchors' really have much subject matter expertise.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 2:02 pm
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I actually prefer the British English term 'newsreader' to 'anchor' as I don't believe that many/most 'news anchors' really have much subject matter expertise.
Yep, I agree when it comes to televised news, but today's drivel is coming from print media.

Besides, I know a journalist. She's really bright, and very ethical. I don't think she'd print this shlop about TSA Scanner "Safety" uncritically.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 5:50 pm
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Here's some more from Mr. Theissen from last November:

Lets Give Thanks for the TSA

In the coming days, millions of Americans will travel to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends. May I pose a novel idea? As we go through the airport screening line, lets stop and say thanks to the men and women of the TSA who give up time with their families during the holidays to keep us safe from terror.


A lot of you know I'm a lifelong conservative/libertarian Republican, but people like this should be be run out of the party out on a rail. Does he lack of critical thinking skills, receive political grift, or a combination of both?
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 5:54 pm
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Originally Posted by ElizabethConley
I dunno. I prefer to believe most journalists are stupid, rather than believe so many are dishonest.
Stupid is the way to bet. Students end up journalism majors because they can't hack becoming a teacher.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 7:53 pm
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Let's stop and tell the TSA people "why the hell are you here? Escaping your relatives because you prefer money?"
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