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    • coliverC
      coliver
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      The thing I found the funniest, when John Stewart got something wrong he admitted it in the next show and corrected the record. When some "news" channels do that in the US they double down and use the "Say it enough times till it becomes true" philosophy.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @coliver
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        @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

        Surprisingly The Daily Show often presented the news better then Fox News or CNN.

        That's surprising?

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        • coliverC
          coliver @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

          Surprisingly The Daily Show often presented the news better then Fox News or CNN.

          That's surprising?

          I see this meme constantly. Where people assume because you watch the Daily Show or John Oliver you are less informed then if you watch other news sources, mostly this comes from Fox News viewers.

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          • travisdh1T
            travisdh1 @coliver
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            @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

            Surprisingly The Daily Show often presented the news better then Fox News or CNN.

            That's surprising?

            I see this meme constantly. Where people assume because you watch the Daily Show or John Oliver you are less informed then if you watch other news sources, mostly this comes from Fox News viewers.

            Assuming I was to watch any of the major news channels, it would be Fox News.... we dropped cable tv because none of us could see the value in it anymore. Any of it.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              I avoid American news, it's horrible. I watch British and Qatar news, if anything. My dad watches the German and Japanese news.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
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                What was super odd was seeing CNN Macedonia playing while we were in Skopje. CNN makes a news channel just for Macedonia, and does so in English.

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                • travisdh1T
                  travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  What was super odd was seeing CNN Macedonia playing while we were in Skopje. CNN makes a news channel just for Macedonia, and does so in English.

                  I don't suppose that's available via a stream somewhere?

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    Watching news from other countries is much more important, I think, as you get to see how other people are actually reacting to us. When I was a kid I had a shortwave and got BBC World Service, Radio Havana and Radio Moscow. It was interesting.

                    In Macedonia, they couldn't stop talking about how everyone was worried about Trump except the Russians who thought it was great as it would be someone that they could easily manipulate and control, like Stalin did with FDR. They kept playing clips of how Putin would flatter him and Trump would lose all credibility gushing about how awesome Russia was for calling him smart. They kept showing people on the street excited for the prospects of a Russian puppet in the White House.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @travisdh1
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                      @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      What was super odd was seeing CNN Macedonia playing while we were in Skopje. CNN makes a news channel just for Macedonia, and does so in English.

                      I don't suppose that's available via a stream somewhere?

                      I doubt it, but didn't look. It was not very good. They were not even covering the revolution going on in the country where the news was playing. But they kept running ads for investing in the country, like that was going to happen.

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                      • travisdh1T
                        travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        What was super odd was seeing CNN Macedonia playing while we were in Skopje. CNN makes a news channel just for Macedonia, and does so in English.

                        I don't suppose that's available via a stream somewhere?

                        I doubt it, but didn't look. It was not very good. They were not even covering the revolution going on in the country where the news was playing. But they kept running ads for investing in the country, like that was going to happen.

                        So, not quite as bad as CNN/MSNBC/FOX yet.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @travisdh1
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                          @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          What was super odd was seeing CNN Macedonia playing while we were in Skopje. CNN makes a news channel just for Macedonia, and does so in English.

                          I don't suppose that's available via a stream somewhere?

                          I doubt it, but didn't look. It was not very good. They were not even covering the revolution going on in the country where the news was playing. But they kept running ads for investing in the country, like that was going to happen.

                          So, not quite as bad as CNN/MSNBC/FOX yet.

                          It's still CNN so pretty crappy. But at least it is CNN with a south Balkan slant, so the perspective and flavour is interesting.

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                          • dafyreD
                            dafyre @DustinB3403
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                            @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            The onion is the only trustworthy news source that I know of.

                            Because it is just absurd enough that it is plausible!

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                            • wirestyle22W
                              wirestyle22
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                              Have you guys heard about chemtrails?

                              (This is a joke)

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                              • thanksajdotcomT
                                thanksajdotcom
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                                I GOT THE JOB! Back in the IT and MSP world at last!

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                                • travisdh1T
                                  travisdh1 @thanksajdotcom
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                                  @thanksajdotcom Congrats!

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                                  • thanksajdotcomT
                                    thanksajdotcom
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                                    The new resume is now batting 100%! 😄

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                                    • wirestyle22W
                                      wirestyle22 @thanksajdotcom
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                                      @thanksajdotcom said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      I GOT THE JOB! Back in the IT and MSP world at last!

                                      congratulations!

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        Congrats! When do you start?

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                                        • thanksajdotcomT
                                          thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          Congrats! When do you start?

                                          I've got to do all the paperwork, etc still, but either this week or next. The owner has to get with one of his guys to start getting me onboarded.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            On the road to your own apartment!

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