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rhett o rick

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18. The hosts voted to lock. There was no agreement that the Examiner is a RW site.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #17)

Mon Sep 2, 2013, 12:37 AM

Sep 2013

It has been determined that the source was not acceptable for LBN which has more strict rules than GD. The host of LBN do not affect what happens in GD.

What's the rush to declare sights as RW?

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Examiner: Rebels admit gas attack result of mishandling chemical weapons [View all] stlsaxman Aug 2013 OP

Examiner: Doesn't have enough credibility to take seriously FSogol Aug 2013 #1

But ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, PBS, CNN, and FOX do? 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 #35

There has been threads on this.. a big one on the front page right now Peacetrain Aug 2013 #2

Shady source? PHEW. sibelian Sep 2013 #11

Take it somewhere else.. Peacetrain Sep 2013 #13

I'm happy with it right here, thanks. sibelian Sep 2013 #37

Coffee coming up Peacetrain Sep 2013 #39

I am in no hurry to see this locked but it does sound a little fishy. rhett o rick Aug 2013 #3

There's a reason you are left scraping the bottom of the barrel for sourcing this- KittyWampus Aug 2013 #4

The Examiner? sharp_stick Aug 2013 #5

I read Assad's inner circle was caught flatfooted Warpy Aug 2013 #6

Indeed. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #8

This examiner article has already been locked once as a RW site and self-deleted twice. pnwmom Aug 2013 #7

It was locked for inappropriately being in LBN. Just sayin. nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #9

The locker said it was a RW site. That means it doesn't belong anywhere here. n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #15

Not true. Skinner said that sight could be used to lock threads in LBN because it wasnt appropriate rhett o rick Sep 2013 #16

Here is exactly what the locker said: pnwmom Sep 2013 #17

The hosts voted to lock. There was no agreement that the Examiner is a RW site. rhett o rick Sep 2013 #18

It was the "consensus of the hosts that the Examiner is a RW site. . . ." pnwmom Sep 2013 #19

You are quoting someone. But the consensus was to lock. Only the one person rhett o rick Sep 2013 #20

I'm quoting the host who locked the thread after saying that it was the consensus pnwmom Sep 2013 #21

"That's your idea", yes because I read the discussion. The host that locked the thread rhett o rick Sep 2013 #22

The Examiner IS a RW site. See #23, below. n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #25

Thank you. That's something I can accept. Better than heresay. nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #32

It is a RW site...a bit about the owner of the Examiner.com maddezmom Sep 2013 #23

Thanks for the info, maddezmom! n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #24

Thank you, maddezmom. I wasn't sure if it's a RW site or not. stlsaxman Sep 2013 #27

I am just speaking to the site not the journalist maddezmom Sep 2013 #36

Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #34

It's too bad that GD doesn't have the standards of LBN... SidDithers Sep 2013 #38

"In a report that is sure to be considered blockbuster news" sibelian Sep 2013 #10

Why the rush to judgement? rhett o rick Sep 2013 #12

Looks like they mishandled them a lot cthulu2016 Sep 2013 #14

then explain the rockets Motown_Johnny Sep 2013 #26

good point. stlsaxman Sep 2013 #28

no it isn't Motown_Johnny Sep 2013 #29

"extremely basic point" or not- that very question occurred to me when I first read the article... stlsaxman Sep 2013 #30

I know you were agreeing with me Motown_Johnny Sep 2013 #31

thank you for clarifying, and pardon my oversensitivity. stlsaxman Sep 2013 #33