OMG Politics, I'm over it already.

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The level of ineptitude that passes for governing these days is astounding...

That being said...

Obviously there was some serious mishandling of emails and classified information...Obviously things should have been handled differently by the FBI director...Obviously there are questions that need honest answers...

But...even I, who cannot bear the thought of a Clinton presidency, has to admit that there doesn't appear to be anything that bears criminal prosecution...

I would expect the major fallout from this mess to be an FBI director looking for a new job...
I'm not Hill's biggest fan and there are legitimate things that keep her from being a ringer for me like Bernie... But all the things that people talk about are hallucinations and outright untruths. There are things the opposition can legitimately complain about with her, but they don't. They choose to make shit up.
 
Search engine bias?
Please elaborate, as I would like to know how this works. Are you implying that google deliberately pushes stories to the top of the search results in a way that is biased towards a political party?



And here's the Wikileaks email from Eric Schmidt: https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/37262

Regardless of people's opinions of Wikileaks, their information has never been proven false or gotten anyone killed.
 


And here's the Wikileaks email from Eric Schmidt: https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/37262

Regardless of people's opinions of Wikileaks, their information has never been proven false or gotten anyone killed.


So you're totally ignoring wikileak's bias and the extremely real and likely probability that the emails have been manipulated...first by the hackers and then by the "facilitators" at Assange's assfactory?

Consistency...there's a lack of it.
 
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And here's the Wikileaks email from Eric Schmidt: https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/37262

Regardless of people's opinions of Wikileaks, their information has never been proven false or gotten anyone killed.

Stopped watching when they revealed they didn't understand that Google and Yahoo use different search algorithms and will not return the same auto completes.
 
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There is a big difference between manipulating search results and auto-populating your search for you.

This is exactly the bullshit I am talking about. Google "why does" and the first auto fill is "my cat lick me?" People search for some stupid shit, and they use google 10x more often than any other search engine. That doesn't necessarily translate to "the majority of "why does" searches are for questions about their cats". Google is staffed by mostly 20-26 year olds. Ask me how I know.

Open 2 tabs, one Google, one Yahoo

Type "Hillary Clinton Email" Ignore the auto fill for a moment and COMPLETE YOUR SEARCH.

Within the first 4 results you will find the same exact stories from USA Today, The Guardian, and Breitbart. Yes, google linked to Breitbart before CNN :embarrassed: If they were actually trying to mislead people they would bury Breitbart.

Google is #1 because they use better algorithms than their competition. They also make a shit ton more money than any other search engine because they charge to be on the front page of results on the #1 search engine, then charge again when YOU click on a link.


Letting bullshit like the above video influence you shows you are letting others do your thinking for you (I also want to point out the irony of him posting this conspiracy bullshit on youtube, which is owned by....google.) instead of for your self. Don't feel bad, Hannity fell for the Kool-Aid soaked bullshit as well.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/01/med...le-obama-hillary-clinton-fake-news/index.html
 
For me, when I do read articles and there's something that doesn't sound right, I'll go and look up those bits and pieces. The hard part (nowadays anyway) is that having to use multiple search engines to weed out click bait articles, search engine bias (google, I'm looking at you), and finding articles that provide more information on what I'm looking for with solid references.

I don't try and say "media bias" or whatever bias for the sake of stifling the conversation, but when you know that a source that's being used as a counterargument is slanted in one direction versus providing real facts, then I guess you could say that's another way of introducing a circular argument.

To answer your question in regards to news sources that I consider fair are ones that bring up more information and provide sources that you don't often see in mainstream news sites. Bias is everywhere unfortunately, but it's looking beyond that for just the information that's a challenge. I think it's just that I'm in the minority within this thread, because I'm not a Hillary supporter. I think what gets lost is that people don't recognize the attacks from all the media outlets on Trump and his campaign to knock him out of the race. Those are the same tactics that have been used against Dems and Repubs for years. Those tactics are what keep good people from gaining traction (from any party) and the main reason why we're always asking "Why do we always have crap to choose from?" every election cycle.

Thank you for taking the time to respond.
 

I started a long overdrawn response, but the links provided were easily picked apart; though I had to dig through 2-3 layers of "citations" per article to realize each article was based on assumptions and lies.

No reason for me to provide a wall of text for that when anyone else here can perform the same exercise and come to the same conclusion.

*edit* this is my last post in this thread. Regardless of the outcome, we'll all still gripe of things promised, lied about, and scandals. In the end, I still enjoy you bastards and you will not sway me on the woods i like for guitars :)
 


And here's the Wikileaks email from Eric Schmidt: https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/37262

Regardless of people's opinions of Wikileaks, their information has never been proven false or gotten anyone killed.

Wikileaks also has an e-mail about extra-terrestrial contact...

So...

No.

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So I fucked up this afternoon. I thought I was replying to a post my sister made on her own FB feed and hit "share" by accident before going into my chorus class. I come out and discovered that not only did I share it on my own feed it's turned into a complete shit show. And no one will ever read my second comment other than @godsky. https://www.facebook.com/mwein/posts/10154725712502425


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