I wish this kind of thing was rare...

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I wish this kind of thing was rare...

TB — 7/19/2007 12:48:50 AM (archived)

There have been many other examples. You might remember the artillery shell sitting upright in a set of ruins that was supposedly a missile fired at a target.

The media has developed extremely low standards on confirming things when the story is "hot." In some cases they have come close to simply making up news.

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Latest Foto Fun from the AP - TB - 7/18/2007 5:12:15 PM
- It's a 7.62mm round. - Lee - 7/23/2007 2:20:47 AM
  - Sorry Lee , you don't know what you are talking about. (n/t) - RobVG - 7/23/2007 3:04:35 AM
    - And where am I wrong? - Lee - 7/23/2007 9:56:20 PM
      - 50 caliber - FrankC - 7/25/2007 6:17:53 PM
      - re: And where am I wrong? - RobVG - 7/24/2007 2:30:00 AM
    - 7.62mm = .30 cal - MilSpec - 7/23/2007 11:29:43 AM
- Not enough info - MilSpec - 7/20/2007 1:09:07 PM
  - The fact that... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/24/2007 12:30:54 AM
    - Anal about the ammo. - MilSpec - 7/24/2007 11:27:17 AM
      - I guess I'm just an old propagandist. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/24/2007 10:40:12 PM
        
        "Variety" headline... - ER - 7/25/2007 12:47:18 AM
        
        France's Frogs Fling Flim-Flam For Francs! ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/25/2007 1:24:31 AM
        
        Dogmatic Duelists' Denunciations Defile Digital Domain (n/t) - ER - 7/25/2007 2:18:53 AM
        
        Assertive Alliteration Appears As An Amiable Argument Alternative! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/25/2007 6:30:42 AM
        
        That was assonance. - alcaray - 7/25/2007 6:38:24 PM
        
        Assonance? - ER - 7/25/2007 9:12:18 PM
        
        No mas, no mas! (n/t) - ER - 7/25/2007 12:51:52 PM
      - "primary source of news" - TB - 7/24/2007 5:31:50 PM
        
        And as I pointed out... - TB - 7/24/2007 5:34:20 PM
        
        Catch-and-release - ER - 7/24/2007 6:13:19 PM
        
        re: Catch-and-release - TB - 7/25/2007 2:02:32 AM
        
        Rubbish, TB - ER - 7/25/2007 3:11:09 AM
        
        Oh, my aching head. - TB - 7/25/2007 4:37:21 AM
        
        Relative perspective - ER - 7/25/2007 11:12:02 AM
  - Not a MilSpec - FrankC - 7/20/2007 4:07:16 PM
    - Think about it. - MilSpec - 7/20/2007 7:16:23 PM
  - re: Not enough info - Lindy - 7/20/2007 3:03:14 PM
    - A little info - RobVG - 7/21/2007 10:53:06 PM
      - re: A little info - MilSpec - 7/22/2007 1:12:11 AM
        
        Good summary. - RobVG - 7/22/2007 3:39:10 AM
- My gosh - azstrummer - 7/18/2007 9:02:35 PM
- re: Latest Foto Fun from the AP - FrankC - 7/18/2007 5:19:52 PM
  - I wish this kind of thing was rare... - TB - 7/19/2007 12:48:50 AM
    - You might find this link interesting - TB - 7/19/2007 12:53:26 AM
  - That would be my guess too FrankC (n/t) - Jody - 7/18/2007 9:48:04 PM
    - People in Iraq get hit by bullets and shrapnel all the time - ds - 7/19/2007 1:53:40 PM
      - This is about the people you're getting your news from, not Iraq. - TB - 7/19/2007 11:44:53 PM
        
        I do kow that you know - ds - 7/20/2007 3:12:51 AM
        
        Nobody is arguing about people actually getting shot in Iraq. - TB - 7/20/2007 5:10:04 AM
      - re: People in Iraq get hit by bullets and shrapnel all the time - Lindy - 7/19/2007 6:08:38 PM
      - LOL - FrankC - 7/19/2007 4:31:37 PM
        
        You might have noticed that It's getting to where... - TB - 7/19/2007 11:47:01 PM
        
        Actually the point is about the evidence presented. - alcaray - 7/21/2007 11:49:35 PM
        
        If this were an isolated incident, it would have no significance. - TB - 7/22/2007 4:50:51 AM
        
        All tilting the same way? - alcaray - 7/22/2007 6:37:26 AM
        
        Forget it, Al. - ER - 7/22/2007 3:11:43 AM
        
        ER pal, I missed you - azstrummer - 7/22/2007 11:34:18 PM
        
        Probably on the barricades, not a foxhole. - ER - 7/23/2007 1:50:49 AM
        
        "mental contortions" - Lindy - 7/22/2007 5:02:38 AM
        
        I think they see it - FrankC - 7/20/2007 1:10:03 AM
        
        You might not have noticed the post to which "LOL" was an answer. - Bowser - 7/20/2007 12:16:18 AM
        
        You've already been lapped at least twice on this thread. Sit down and rest a while. (n/t) - TB - 7/20/2007 1:02:35 AM
        
        Flunked logic again, I see. - Bowser - 7/20/2007 2:46:21 AM
        
        Conservatives DO regard that as funny. - Bowser - 7/19/2007 7:56:33 PM
        
        Just "throw 'em a few goodies", huh, Bow? Yep, that's their attitude. (n/t) - Bowser - 7/19/2007 10:59:00 PM

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