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Re: They don't cite the sources

Yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing the data myself, but not so much that I want to buy the magazine. I always like to go to the source when I can, particularly when the articles are from Newsmax or Worldnet Daily. Or the New York Times.

I could track down the studies, if they're out there, but what would be the point? I'd be working my butt off for nothing and whose mind would be changed? I have seen Nathanson's quotes in other sources. I suppose one could say he's making it all up. It's his word against others, but while I have seen many disparaging remarks on him, I have seen no one stand up and call him a liar.

Interestingly, I have noted that articles at this level of attribution (or worse), in the New York Times and other mainstream papers that support more liberal agendas, are quoted and reprinted endlessly without anyone seriously questioning the sources. Seems like only conservative positions raise the red flags of suspicion.

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