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Douglas Stewart
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33 weeks ago @ Big Journalism - Did Media Matters Coll... · 0 replies · +5 points
I hear you. I think it just comes down to a matter of preference. Im not sure why questions as headlines grab my attention more to be honest. Its strange, when I see headlines on blogs that arent stated as a question, I can usually toss it through my brain quick and my own notes come to mind. But for some reason when its a question I tend to read it. I guess I go in thinking that there may be an answer that I have not dug up.
And I dont necessarily think a headline in the form of a question ventures into conspiratorial territory unless it sounds really wacky. For example, if I saw the headline "Does Ron Paul get Russian super models flown into the states for pushing his 'Audit the fed' mantra?" Of course Im cheating here because I already know that to be true. But something to that effect, posed as a question, could definitely throw someone off.
And I dont necessarily think a headline in the form of a question ventures into conspiratorial territory unless it sounds really wacky. For example, if I saw the headline "Does Ron Paul get Russian super models flown into the states for pushing his 'Audit the fed' mantra?" Of course Im cheating here because I already know that to be true. But something to that effect, posed as a question, could definitely throw someone off.
33 weeks ago @ Big Journalism - Did Media Matters Coll... · 2 replies · +8 points
@blogagog I dont mind headlines that ask a question. In the new media a lot of headlines that are posted as questions draws in those who like to "deal with the facts". Or at least it works for me. I am always asking questions so I can gather facts. For a while I have been asking "Why is there a Malik Shabaz on the WH guest list?" and "Is the Bill Ayers that is listed the real Bill Ayers?" or "Will they make more Shake Weight commercials for the lonely without an internet connection?" I ask these things because I think they are important. What if it was the real Bill Ayers? What if I lose my internet connection? See what I mean?
65 weeks ago @ NewsReal Blog - The Social Networking ... · 0 replies · +1 points
When I first wrote about this 1/30/2011 ( http://goo.gl/LBp5o ) an AYM employee contacted me and asked me to remove the links to Howcast. I followed up and published the emails http://goo.gl/6vCeq as well as screen caps from the founders' twitter feed that proves they were being disingenuous. There was a big push to get Movements separated from Howcast. They also removed the live updates of the status of "Senior Fellow" Ahmed Salah. It is unclear why and they refuse to answer. The last that was heard was he was shot in the head with a rubber bullet (according to Maajid Nawaz's tweet) and then arrested. It seems that they (Movements) scrubbed this right when it gained national attention. Thanks for all the good work you are doing on this topic. When i first submitted my article to Yahoo I thought I would be alone on this. So I'm glad that team Horowitz is all over this!
79 weeks ago @ Big Hollywood - 'New York Times' Gushe... · 0 replies · +17 points
Dick Wolff, an advisor for Michael Moore's "Capitalism" works over there at Brecht. Its strange, he says that women in the workforce destroyed the family (because they just wasted the money on clothes) and that Slavery was a "mixed success" http://tiny.cc/3ahpr
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