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Old 11-13-2006, 04:28 PM   #1
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What.....British newspapers sensationalise news and their reports contain inaccuracies? No...sorry I can't accept that :P
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Old 11-13-2006, 04:29 PM   #2
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I think glatt might need to read the article again.
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Old 11-13-2006, 04:33 PM   #3
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I don't need to. I found a better article with the actual dates of the crime, and ages of the people when the crime was committed, and accurate information about whether the guy has served his time or not. But it required doing a google search.
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Old 11-13-2006, 04:32 PM   #4
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Nah. It was in the Sun, ergo it wasn't worth reading the first time :P
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Old 11-13-2006, 04:36 PM   #5
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Nah. It was in the Sun, ergo it wasn't worth reading the first time :P
Not the only paper that carried the story... try Google before jumping to conclusions, it helps to keep from looking foolish in hind-sight.
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Old 11-13-2006, 04:38 PM   #6
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it helps to keep from looking foolish in hind-sight.
Are you talking about your posting a news story that said he already served his jail time, when he hadn't? Or me hypothesizing openly about what the unclear article might mean?
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Old 11-13-2006, 05:16 PM   #7
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Are you talking about your posting a news story that said he already served his jail time, when he hadn't? Or me hypothesizing openly about what the unclear article might mean?
It didn't say he had already served his jail time. Glatt, if you're going to do a critical analysis, you really need to read the content more thoroughly.
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Old 11-13-2006, 07:43 PM   #8
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Jennings has now been jailed for two years and three months after he pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and one of sexual assault.
Unclear, "has now been jailed" could be taken as, has now been sentenced or sent to jail, rather than has been serving in jail.

The Sun is way better than the National Enquirer.... boobies.
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Old 11-13-2006, 04:34 PM   #9
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Care to share glatt?
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Old 11-13-2006, 04:36 PM   #10
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I would be happy to, but I already closed that window, and don't want to do another search. It was like the 6th one down when you do a Google news search for his name.
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Old 11-13-2006, 04:37 PM   #11
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It was the first in a list that was sent to me.
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Old 11-13-2006, 04:38 PM   #12
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Not the only paper that carried the story... try Google before jumping to conclusions, it helps to keep from looking foolish in hind-sight.
I am very aware of the story. My comment wasn't about whether the story was true, merely about the wisdom of subjecting oneself to a second reading of anything in the Sun. Maybe it's a Brit thing, but the Sun is barely one step above the National Enquirer.
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Old 11-13-2006, 04:41 PM   #13
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I think he was suggesting that I disbelieved a story in the Sun. I don't disbelieve the story, understandably it's been fairly big news over here. I do however stand by my suggestion that one shouldn't read the Sun twice:P
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Old 11-13-2006, 04:45 PM   #14
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I am unfamiliar with the paper.
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Old 11-13-2006, 04:47 PM   #15
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