BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

 

[AuroraSaab]

Wikipedia being stated as an objective source for judging whether the Daily Mail is reliable or not is pretty funny. That James O'Brien posted it is funnier still. 'Baron Muchausen is judged by Pinocchio to be an unreliable news source' tweeted PT Barnum.

 

[briantrumpet]

Well, you'd probably not expect me to disagree with the aspiration that the opportunity should be there for all, if they want to. It's sad to see the extent to which practical music has been hollowed out in too much of the state sector, being seen as an unaffordable middle class thing all too much.

 

[First Aspect]

Wikipedia being stated as an objective source for judging whether the Daily Mail is reliable or not is pretty funny. That James O'Brien posted it is funnier still. 'Baron Muchausen is judged by Pinocchio to be an unreliable news source' tweeted PT Barnum.

The thing about Wikipedia is that it represents a weighted average of sorts, and should have links to source material. The idea was that this would enable people to objectively make up their own minds.

I am not sure you can say the same about the Daily Heil. Or indeed any one single news source. And that is precisely the point of the proposed curriculum changes.

 

[Ian H]

Well, you'd probably not expect me to disagree with the aspiration that the opportunity should be there for all, if they want to. It's sad to see the extent to which practical music has been hollowed out in too much of the state sector, being seen as an unaffordable middle class thing all too much.

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Those are the cheapest, nastiest violins I have ever seen.

 

[C R]

The thing about Wikipedia is that it represents a weighted average of sorts, and should have links to source material. The idea was that this would enable people to objectively make up their own minds.

I am not sure you can say the same about the Daily Heil. Or indeed any one single news source. And that is precisely the point of the proposed curriculum changes.

But, but, but facts and fact checking have well known extreme left wing bias, it isn't fair to expect the right wing press reporting to be factual.

 

[briantrumpet]

Those are the cheapest, nastiest violins I have ever seen.

Copies of early Stradivarius prototypes, I think, before he alighted on the shape that's now rather more well known.

 

[Ian H]

Copies of early Stradivarius prototypes, I think, before he alighted on the shape that's now rather more well known.

Ah! That makes sense.

 

[secretsqirrel]

Copies of early Stradivarius prototypes, I think, before he alighted on the shape that's now rather more well known.

It was known as the Stradilele I understand.

 

[briantrumpet]

Ah! That makes sense.

Also a little-known fact that these early prototypes were copied widely in Japan, which is why the very popular Suzuki Method, which is best practised on motorbikes, is a thing.

 

[icowden]

Wikipedia being stated as an objective source for judging whether the Daily Mail is reliable or not is pretty funny.

Only if you completely fail to understand how Wikipedia works. Otherwise it's spot on. Let's look at the most recent statement where Wikipedia reaffirmed the ban on using the Mail as a reliable news source.

The citation points to https://slate.com/technology/2021/07/wikipedia-daily-mail-generally-unreliable.html

The article then references sanctions from IPSO for violating professional norms for accuracy. In other words the Mail runs a lot of fabricated clickbait stories.

Guy Macon, a Wikipedia editor with more than 15 years’ experience, pointed to incorrect Daily Mail news stories such as publishing the wrong verdict in the Amanda Knox case and falsely claiming that Beijing residents watched sunrises on giant TV screens because their sky was too polluted to see natural light.

The point is that the Daily Mail is an unreliable right wing rag. The Telegraph should also be in this category due to its willingness to print state sanctioned propaganda as factual articles (they have done this for both Russia and China) as well as fabricating news stories.

That James O'Brien posted it is funnier still. 'Baron Muchausen is judged by Pinocchio to be an unreliable news source' tweeted PT Barnum.

I take it you don't like reasoned argument by an intelligent journalist?

 

[secretsqirrel]

Also a little-known fact that these early prototypes were copied widely in Japan, which is why the very popular Suzuki Method, which is best practised on motorbikes, is a thing.

Tenuous link alert.

Similar with saxophones with the Yamaha method.

 

[First Aspect]

Dare I say it, but anyone who feels annoyed and lied to because they took something from their chosen news source at face value is abdicating their own personal responsibility for critical thought.

That's not a dig at anyone in particular.

Okay. It is.

 

[briantrumpet]

It was known as the Stradilele I understand.

Actually, to be vaguely serious for a moment (sorry, I won't make a habit of it), Stradivarius did also make guitars.

 

[First Aspect]

Actually, to be vaguely serious for a moment (sorry, I won't make a habit of it), Stradivarius did also make guitars.

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No one cares.