Do Factual Research Before You Pronounce an Opinion

So this current professor I have completely pisses me off...I am not big on people who ignore the wide shades of gray involved with an issue. His biggest schpeal that got me was his statement that ALL pharmaceuticals are bad and will kill you. Sure, I understand that pharmaceutical companies are now creating medicines that attract the greatest number of consumers, and are really profit-based at this point. However, some of this shit I need. I'd like to see him come up with some f-ing herbs to treat insulin-dependent, Type I Diabetes. (BTW - when I mentioned this to him he refused to answer the question and ignored me, despite my attempts to make him answer this question. Perhaps that is why my current grade is a B.)

Anyway, our final assignment for A PUBLIC RELATIONS class is to write about one of these censored stories. I thought I'd pass along the link because they are interesting to read.

DISCLAIMER: THESE MAY NOT BE THE COMPLETE, FACTUAL TRUTH.

These stories were written by "student researchers" overseen by "Faculty editors". To really see if what they are saying is true, without spin, you would have to go read the newspaper articles they cite as sources, then determine if those newspaper articles were written with professional, fact-based journalism techniques. NOT EDITORIALS, which are opinion based.

I did think it was interesting, however, that many bits and pieces of these stories have been told on NPR. Despite the fact that NPR government funded (by law), when they aren't leaning one way or another they do tell some truth - stuff you don't read in the newspaper. My only concern is that NPR doesn't cover global news - like CNN, FOX news, and other media, they only cover what is popular.

That's my spin, and here's the link to the Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007.

http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/index.htm



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THE TOP TEN:

10. Not being able to eat at 2 different family thanksgivings because you're too geeked up.

9. Discovering you have LOTS of blond hair on your arms because you lost too much weight.

8. Discovering you're the only 6th grader who hasn't started shaving yet.

7. Discovering you're the only 6th grader who doesn't wear a bra.

6. Discovering you're the only 7th grader who hasn't got her period yet.

5. Going from supermodel to another passing obese face in the crowd - and then people who once knew you recognize you inside that face.

4. Being married to someone who disgusts you - inside and out.

3. You've popped a few strategic buttons off your shirt, and worn your breasts unabashedly all day long at work.

2. Telling your bosses' boss that your own boss sucks donkey dick.

1. Having a miscarriage at work, and making an absolute mess in your chair, on the floor, down your legs, as you are running towards the bathroom, in the stall, back out in your cubie, and finally, on your seat on your car ride home. Fortunately my skirt was kind of black.



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And Yes, Nicole Richie is Still Starving Herself While Pregnant

Although I'm not a big advocate of "eating for two" (everyone I have ever known who did that ended up gaining - and keeping - about 40 extra lbs.)

Nicole Richie is a twat.

From The San Francisco Chronicle

"Richie Rushed to Hospital?
Pregnant reality TV star Nicole Richie was reportedly rushed to hospital recently, fearing she was suffering a miscarriage.

The 25-year-old noticed bleeding at the end of last month, just after she and rocker boyfriend Joel Madden returned to Los Angeles from a tour with his band Good Charlotte.

However, doctors quickly assured the four-months pregnant Richie her baby is safe, but did encourage her to eat more to feed the unborn child.

An insider tells Star magazine, "Nicole was bleeding so much, it was really scary for her.

"They found out she's suffering from both a hormonal and nutritional deficiency."




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Spam Is Not Your Friend

“My boyfriend’s phallus keeps slipping out”

“I just started dating a guy I like, but his phallus is on the small side and doesn’t really”

These were the titles of spam emails in my work inbox this morning. Tell me if I’m wrong, but if these are your issues, ladies, I’m not sure some pill purchased over the internet will help.

Learn p-dar (like gaydar, but more phallic object focused) and you won’t have these issues with new boyfriends.

If you need further instruction, contact me and I’ll send you my seminar information.

“How to use P-Dar for Better Choices”



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19 Special Gifts from God is a bit egocentric, eh?

The article about the Duggar family's 19th child being born was on Yahoo news last week, and I absolutely flipped my lid. 19 children. All natural-born. None adopted.

"Meet the Duggar Family"

I absolutely cannot believe that they are all over the press - on Good Morning America and etc. - because this is unique and wonderful and in their words "special gifts from God".

Who is going to be the outspoken individual, who hasn't been brainwashed into this bullshit groupthink, who will tell the Duggars that their choice to have 19 gifts is absolutely immoral and inhumane?

Someone - I'm thinking Bill Gates here - needs to take these idiots to a couple of orphanages, soup kitchens, and abused women shelters so that they can get a grip. No need to go to Darfur or Malawi, unless you think it will help draw light on the bleak human condition world-wide. Just show them the poor and unwanted right here in the good ol' U.S.A. The Duggars are from Arkansas, right? I'm sure there are a ton of meth babies in orphanages there that need someone to love them.

They obviously have money - they live in a 7,000 sq. ft home. These people now owe a much greater obligation to mankind. They brought another 19 individuals into this world to share their values and morals with. Obviously their children won't be raised to focus on charity and helping others...it's all about spawning your own loin seed and raising your own mini-cult.

Can someone get a grip here with me and tell the Duggars how irresponsible they are? How reckless? How unsympathetic they seem to their fellow man?

Other than ego (and it sounds like they do want to be listed in the Guiness Book) - I can't come up with another reason to have so many children. It's not a life-or-death issue, as if one of them had cancer and needed a organ match. It's simply a desire to have your own flesh of flesh.

Assholes.



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