Quote Originally Posted by Tea Party
I agree, BirdGirl. Quality in the world is slipping further behind quantity every day. Articles written by Yahoo! News can hardly be taken seriously when there are so many other real news outlets available. That is the problem I see on many online forums: So many people base their political views on articles written by those who are not even journalists.
It is extremely sad to see the masses (many of whom consider themselves the greatest of patriots) who simply refuse to seek out the broader spectrum of real journalism available. Instead, there are all of these threads on many different web forums linking to garbage news sites, so we end up with the public debate having no real foundation or quality. This is why we are gifted with the leaders we have--bad journalism versus more bad journalism, compounded by readers who believe everything that is printed/online is necessarily true or includes all of the facts...these kind of articles are not news or journalism. They are blame-focused, inflammatory scribbles written on digital sticky notes by interns with communications degrees and are not worth taking seriously.
Glad to see your not holding a grudge there buddy. Hate to inform you but your take on Yahoo news is kind of off base.....here's a little bit on the SUPPLIER of their news; Associated Press:

Who owns The Associated Press?
The Associated Press is a not-for-profit cooperative, which means it is owned by its 1,500 U.S. daily newspaper members. They elect a board of directors that directs the cooperative.
The Associated Press | The essential global news network

243 bureaus in 97 countries.

1,700 U.S. daily, weekly, non-English and college newspapers.

5,000 radio and television outlets taking AP services.

850 AP Radio News audio affiliates.

550 International broadcasters who receive AP's global video news service, APTN, and SNTV, a sports joint venture video service.

121 number of countries served by AP

4 languages in which AP sends news. The report is translated into many more languages by international subscribers.

4,100 AP editorial, communications and administrative employees worldwide.

3,000 of AP's worldwide staff are journalists.

49 Pulitzer Prizes, including 30 for photography.

WOW, kind of far from what you were stating.........I would just as soon move on, how about you?

Have a good one!:s4: