OK, when opinion articles are posting anonymous comments they receive on various issues and politicians, something has to change. I propose a political media filter plug-in to Firefox or something I can use on an RSS feed.
1. Inflammatory language, cursing, name calling. It's grade-school and offers nothing to impart knowledge or sways opinion in anyway. If you are swayed by cursing then you really need to deeply examine your mental processes. Get help immediately.
2. Any bit of information that uses obscure blogs or web sites as sources of information. We want opinion from competent intelligent known individuals. If the material is written with an intelligent perspective from an unknown source, back it up with some research so we learn about this new source of information.
3. Any news site that is obvious being fed talking points directly from the campaign and no longer reporting. They are acting as a low end PR firm. Knock it off, quit it.
4. Any articles that start with or contain the following no-nos ... "Source say", "Some say", "Anonymous sources", "From inside", "Public opinion", "From an unnamed"
5. Any article that refers to a poll, statistics, guesses based on some research, poll or study but offers no links or bibliography to back it up.
6. Any article from AP or any source that does not have an author.
7. No date on the article
These rules are a good starting point and will certainly be added to and modified.
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