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Re:Google admits citing 4chan to spread fake Vegas shooter news by astura on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:57PM (#15411687)
Did we read the same comment? Being interested in world events and/or the results of clinical trials conducted overseas is in no way "having [an] opinion on US politics."

(Not to mention that a Swede can have a very legitimate, personal, vested interest in what's going on in the US, maybe the GP had family vacationing in Vegas. - I had family vacationing in France during the Paris bombings, my mother-in-law called me up frantically that day.)

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Re:Google admits citing 4chan to spread fake Vegas shooter news by KekDemaga on Thursday October 05, 2017 @03:13PM (#15411802)
How is anyone sure of the results of a clinical trial, and how would proximity increase the level of certainty? In regards to world politics when could you ever be certain a report is accurate? Didn't you always have to use critical thinking?
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