New Report Ryan and Mcconnell took millions from Russian oligarch tied to Putin

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83. It's hard not to be the real deal when you've got original source docs

But for some people, that's not good enough.

I have a friend on FB who also insists on "Christian Monitor or ... " I forget what his other main choice is or new, and while that's an analogy rather than a hard rule, he limits himself SO MUCH by clinging to MSM alone. I've also seen him jump all over something similar to a Daily Kos reiteration (with links) of a hard news article, because his purist insistence on "valid" news sources prevents him from even looking at a piece. I call him on it whenever I get the chance.

What I think is going on is that these people don't trust themselves to be able to discern -- or to learn to discern -- when they're being conned or tricked. Shrug. I feel like my own BS detector if fairly well tuned by this time. Not 100% accurate, but strong, and it gives me a LOT of help even with mainstream stories. I'll read something and think to myself, based on years of experience following political news and current affairs, that there's more to the story. Got to be. Naturally, I can't think of any examples at the moment, but there've been plenty. Usually the truth or more of it comes out within a few weeks if not sooner.

It's a valuable skill, IMO, worth developing.