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Is it CNN or The Onion?
« on: May 04, 2017, 04:34:31 PM »

Trayvon Martin to receive a posthumous bachelor's degree in aeronautical science:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/us/trayvon-martin-college-degree-trnd/index.html


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Re: Is it CNN or The Onion?
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2017, 04:52:55 PM »
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Martin was shot and killed in February 2012, by Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman had called 911 to report a suspicious person in his neighborhood and later got into a fight with the 17-year-old. Zimmerman said he shot Martin in self-defense.
The shooting sparked protests nationwide for months.
Zimmerman was acquitted of the crime in July 2013.

carefully phrased.

And how old is young master Travon in the pic?
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Re: Is it CNN or The Onion?
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2017, 05:06:10 PM »
Maybe he'll get a double prize and get a posthumous membership in the Gangster Disciples, too.
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Re: Is it CNN or The Onion?
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2017, 08:55:36 PM »
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Zimmerman was acquitted of the crime in July 2013.


The alleged crime?
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Re: Is it CNN or The Onion?
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2017, 09:17:28 PM »
If I had a degree,  it would resemble that room temperature idiot's  >:D
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Re: Is it CNN or The Onion?
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2017, 09:44:40 PM »
Quote from: fistful on May 04, 2017, 08:55:36 PM

The alleged crime?

Yes, that one.

Although, to really pull out my editor's card -- WHAT crime? "The" crime must refer to some crime that has already been identified, and the article to that point has not mentioned any "crime." It mentions that Martin was shot by Zimmerman, but it doesn't even allege that the shooting was a crime.

Shoddy journalism, but that's what we've come to expect these days.
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Re: Is it CNN or The Onion?
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2017, 11:32:28 PM »
I'll disagree about it being  shoddy journalism. The misleading terms are deliberately used to misinform ignorant consumers of their propaganda.
It's not journalism.
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Re: Is it CNN or The Onion?
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2017, 06:36:56 AM »
I think they should award him the Noble prize posthumously. After all it was just a matter of time before he would end all the hostilities on the planet and people would live in peace and harmony.
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Re: Is it CNN or The Onion?
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2017, 07:20:30 AM »
Correction:

Quote from: RoadKingLarry on May 04, 2017, 11:32:28 PM
I'll disagree about it being  shoddy journalism. The misleading terms are deliberately used to misinform ignorant consumers of their propaganda.
It's not yellow journalism.
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Re: Is it CNN or The Onion?
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2017, 10:04:04 PM »
Quote from: fistful on May 04, 2017, 08:55:36 PM

The alleged crime?

They changed the verbiage in the piece. 

It now says

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Zimmerman was acquitted in July 2013.

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