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		<title>By: Tiahrt ad quotes software, not a site &#124; WE Blog &#124; Wichita Eagle Blogs</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/48429/whats-your-source-for-that/comment-page-1#comment-41143</link>
		<dc:creator>Tiahrt ad quotes software, not a site &#124; WE Blog &#124; Wichita Eagle Blogs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] jobs” to “WordPress.com.” David Weigel of the Washington Independent also noticed it and wrote: “WordPress.com isn’t a news site. It’s the launch page for WordPress blogging software. And [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] jobs” to “WordPress.com.” David Weigel of the Washington Independent also noticed it and wrote: “WordPress.com isn’t a news site. It’s the launch page for WordPress blogging software. And [...]</p>
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		<title>By: What’s Your Source for That? - The Washington Independent.com &#124; ByteBooth</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/48429/whats-your-source-for-that/comment-page-1#comment-40245</link>
		<dc:creator>What’s Your Source for That? - The Washington Independent.com &#124; ByteBooth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the launch page for WordPress blogging software . And while it’s possible that some blog &#8230; Read Full Article   (No Ratings Yet) &#160;Loading ...    Word [...]</description>
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		<title>By: No Name</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/48429/whats-your-source-for-that/comment-page-1#comment-39010</link>
		<dc:creator>No Name</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, when did facts and accurate statistics ever be part of politics? No, you may not use that as a quote in your ad, because it was sarcasm and has a high probability of being inaccurate. To be honest, it was never meant to be accurate. Much like the people who say, &quot;Bush lied,&quot; and then runs off.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The message is the same thing. Oh people are going to say, &quot;Obama loses [some arbitrary number pulled from where the sun doesn&#039;t shine] jobs,&quot; then run off. If enough people say it often enough and enough people say it constantly, then it must be true. Okay, no. How do you argue with someone who obviously is so devoid of reality, that they&#039;ll believe anything?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Also, Obama is the President. When has the president ever created or destroyed any private sector job that didn&#039;t involve working on a public sector project? The statement could only be accurate, if he fired 2.19 million public employees.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, when did facts and accurate statistics ever be part of politics? No, you may not use that as a quote in your ad, because it was sarcasm and has a high probability of being inaccurate. To be honest, it was never meant to be accurate. Much like the people who say, &#8220;Bush lied,&#8221; and then runs off.</p>
<p>The message is the same thing. Oh people are going to say, &#8220;Obama loses [some arbitrary number pulled from where the sun doesn&#39;t shine] jobs,&#8221; then run off. If enough people say it often enough and enough people say it constantly, then it must be true. Okay, no. How do you argue with someone who obviously is so devoid of reality, that they&#39;ll believe anything?</p>
<p>Also, Obama is the President. When has the president ever created or destroyed any private sector job that didn&#39;t involve working on a public sector project? The statement could only be accurate, if he fired 2.19 million public employees.</p>
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		<title>By: Theme Playground &#124; Community Roundup: The Many Uses of WordPress</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/48429/whats-your-source-for-that/comment-page-1#comment-39028</link>
		<dc:creator>Theme Playground &#124; Community Roundup: The Many Uses of WordPress</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] WordPress.com Is A News Source [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Neil B ♪</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/48429/whats-your-source-for-that/comment-page-1#comment-38795</link>
		<dc:creator>Neil B ♪</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Heh, Glenn, that site is a gross parody (I hope!)  It wouldn&#039;t show much, for a candidate to say X on his blog anyway, the issue is the proof.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Heh, Glenn, that site is a gross parody (I hope!)  It wouldn&#39;t show much, for a candidate to say X on his blog anyway, the issue is the proof.</p>
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		<title>By: Glenn Coburn</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/48429/whats-your-source-for-that/comment-page-1#comment-38729</link>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Coburn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think I found the source for that claim: &lt;a href=&quot;http://toddtiahrt.wordpress.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://toddtiahrt.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I found the source for that claim: <a href="http://toddtiahrt.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">http://toddtiahrt.wordpress.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Neil B ♪</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/48429/whats-your-source-for-that/comment-page-1#comment-38551</link>
		<dc:creator>Neil B ♪</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Terry McAuliffe isn&#039;t an angel, but there&#039;s a big difference between making up something entire, and just fudging the meaning of a quote. You don&#039;t need to play Villager&#039;s high Broderism, some people (and groups) are worse than others.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Terry McAuliffe isn&#39;t an angel, but there&#39;s a big difference between making up something entire, and just fudging the meaning of a quote. You don&#39;t need to play Villager&#39;s high Broderism, some people (and groups) are worse than others.</p>
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		<title>By: Name</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/48429/whats-your-source-for-that/comment-page-1#comment-38541</link>
		<dc:creator>Name</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McAuliffe&#039;s ad said he created thousands of jobs.  WaPo said it was in FL not VA.  BFD.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McAuliffe&#39;s ad said he created thousands of jobs.  WaPo said it was in FL not VA.  BFD.</p>
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		<title>By: Wish4Accuracy</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/48429/whats-your-source-for-that/comment-page-1#comment-38538</link>
		<dc:creator>Wish4Accuracy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First of all, the Winteryknight got the simple addition wrong; the total in the blog title doesn&#039;t match the figures given. Second, it isn&#039;t really simple addition. Simple addition would occur when you use the same source for the data. This blogger didn&#039;t. He instead cited different media stories, one which used Dept. of Labor statistics, another used ADP Employment figures, etc. The reality is (and I think the actual point of this blog entry), when a campaign cites a blog as a source, it really should make sure that the blogger at least got the data correct. And if that is the case, then why not cite the actual source of the data? The irony here is that if the blogger had used the ADP figures for each of the months (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adpemploymentreport.com//indexsbr.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.adpemploymentreport.com//indexsbr.aspx&lt;/a&gt;)  the figure would have been higher. And the blogger would have also been able to find out that in the last 12 months of GW Bush&#039;s presidency (Feb 08 - Jan 09) 3.387 million jobs were lost. Heck, each of the first 21 months of his presidency (Jan 01 - Sep 02) there were job losses. During the first 30 months of his presidency there were 3.456 million jobs lost. But did these same folks blame Bush? Or did they blame the policies of Clinton?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all, the Winteryknight got the simple addition wrong; the total in the blog title doesn&#39;t match the figures given. Second, it isn&#39;t really simple addition. Simple addition would occur when you use the same source for the data. This blogger didn&#39;t. He instead cited different media stories, one which used Dept. of Labor statistics, another used ADP Employment figures, etc. The reality is (and I think the actual point of this blog entry), when a campaign cites a blog as a source, it really should make sure that the blogger at least got the data correct. And if that is the case, then why not cite the actual source of the data? The irony here is that if the blogger had used the ADP figures for each of the months (<a href="http://www.adpemploymentreport.com//indexsbr.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.adpemploymentreport.com//indexsbr.aspx</a>)  the figure would have been higher. And the blogger would have also been able to find out that in the last 12 months of GW Bush&#39;s presidency (Feb 08 &#8211; Jan 09) 3.387 million jobs were lost. Heck, each of the first 21 months of his presidency (Jan 01 &#8211; Sep 02) there were job losses. During the first 30 months of his presidency there were 3.456 million jobs lost. But did these same folks blame Bush? Or did they blame the policies of Clinton?</p>
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		<title>By: Drew</title>
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		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Using &quot;WordPress.com&quot; to cite a blog is like using &quot;International Paper Company&quot; to cite Time magazine.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Using &#8220;WordPress.com&#8221; to cite a blog is like using &#8220;International Paper Company&#8221; to cite Time magazine.</p>
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