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Igel

(37,614 posts)
5. Misplaced hyphen.
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 11:47 PM
Apr 2017

Kim Jong un-orders evacuation of Pyongyang.

As for the rest ...

PravdaReport isn't a good source. It sucks. It's Russian and a hotspot of dis- and mis-information.

In this case, its source is Superstation95, https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/3652. Which is a home-grown hotspot of dis- and mis-information.

Moreover, citing Snopes' evaluation of the Superstation,

The poorly-sourced claim was widely spread by Superstation95 an online outlet that is neither a “superstation” nor a legitimate news source but rather a repository of misinformation from Hal Turner, a white supremacist who was sentenced in 2010 to 33 months in prison for making death threats against three federal judges. (The individual listed on the site’s “Contact” page is Turner’s criminal lawyer.)
http://www.snopes.com/nasa-reports-magnetosphere-collapse/

If we had minimal critical thinking skills, fake-news wouldn't be a big problem. But we luvs us some fakery (rhymes with bakery, and pies R good!) that serves us a nice helping of "we're right and our beliefs are true." Then we blame others for feeding us the heap o' lies.

So progressives merrily cite white supremacists when they make us right in our own eyes. Oy, not much left to say after that.

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"600,000 people - mostly individuals with criminal records" left-of-center2012 Apr 2017 #1
Kinda sounds like the Trump deportation plan here nt doc03 Apr 2017 #2
It is! greytdemocrat Apr 2017 #3
I'm taking this one with a pound of salt, thanks Warpy Apr 2017 #4
Misplaced hyphen. Igel Apr 2017 #5
That'd be Sean Hannity's buddy Hal Turner Spider Jerusalem Apr 2017 #8
The source I quoted is a South Korean news source orangecrush Apr 2017 #9
Pyongyang is not being evacuated. RealityChik Apr 2017 #6
The Korea Herald orangecrush Apr 2017 #10
This was posted earlier, and I believe the PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #7
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