I couldn't help reading today 'The Left Side' by Karen Pearsall. First, I appreciate what the Sun Post is doing by providing two very distinct commentaries in their Opinion section by having both 'The Right Side' and 'The Left Side'.
I'm not going to get in between what Karen states is a fight between Frank Aquila and her column "Aquila misleading again."
What I will write about is what most left side commentators constantly and on a regular basis do, they attack to protect themselves and put the other guy in a corner by asserting to "gross and misleading distortions of information."
Let's talk about Snopes.com shall we. Here are some facts that you should be aware of concerning the site that Karen used specifically for her opinion.
I'm not going to get in between what Karen states is a fight between Frank Aquila and her column "Aquila misleading again."
What I will write about is what most left side commentators constantly and on a regular basis do, they attack to protect themselves and put the other guy in a corner by asserting to "gross and misleading distortions of information."
Let's talk about Snopes.com shall we. Here are some facts that you should be aware of concerning the site that Karen used specifically for her opinion.
- Most articles on Snopes.com are unsigned.
- The owners of Snopes.com own spam servers and run a spam service. This means, they send emails to your junk folder on a daily basis.
- They have had Malware software on their website numerous times that download object oriented programs and unwanted spy files onto your computer including pop-ups that annoy the heck out of you. It did me.
- Most articles read like coupon sites which means, they sell ad space in order to keep customers and users coming back to the site. Let's face it people, sites are up to get users to come and visit the site as much as possible.
- Snopes.com Contact Us page has a 404 error all the time. I guess they don't want to hear from you and your complaints.
- The site has been conducting business with another company called Zango which was fined $3million by the FTC for illegal profits obtained by installing spyware onto peoples computers and was forced to pay it all back.
Why snopes.com? Why not Citizen Link? "Dangerous hate crimes legislation heads to Senate." This comes from Focus on the Family Action Center. This article was written by three of the top conservative activists around, not only protecting both left and right, but mainly to protect against the ultra left that is hellbent on changing our lifestyles to reflect how they want us to live according to theirs. Tony Perkins agreed that the bill has a hidden agenda. You won't get snopes.com commenting on this in detail.
I guess you can say that Karen has a right to not accept this website and to only choose snopes.com as her only source, after all, isn't that what Frank Aquila has been fighting for all along, her right to choose? Wouldn't it make sense for 'The Left Side' to poke into the other sides web sites just to obtain information before writing her commentary about ethical standards?
The bottom line here is, Frank Aquila did not present rumors or myths or a homemade remedy on how to cure cancer using your blender. Karen clearly went after his motives and used a questionable site to back her story up. All the while Frank used what was there all along, and what most conservative voices use all over the United States and the fact that Focus on the Family has been around for over 30 years and Dr. Dobson has been inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. Moreover, their Focus Action Center has stopped more legislation with their legal teams to prevent unwanted laws including this particular version where President Bush has stated he will veto it. Frank in my opinion was trying to impress upon the use of other sources and not just a coupon site that makes money off of ads.
I might suggest to Karen that she invite Frank for coffee some day in order to get closer to his opinion and he closer to hers rather than her PC. Reputations have a way of being cured by a cup of Starbucks. What say you, Karen? Care to flip the bill for this Sun Post?
I guess you can say that Karen has a right to not accept this website and to only choose snopes.com as her only source, after all, isn't that what Frank Aquila has been fighting for all along, her right to choose? Wouldn't it make sense for 'The Left Side' to poke into the other sides web sites just to obtain information before writing her commentary about ethical standards?
The bottom line here is, Frank Aquila did not present rumors or myths or a homemade remedy on how to cure cancer using your blender. Karen clearly went after his motives and used a questionable site to back her story up. All the while Frank used what was there all along, and what most conservative voices use all over the United States and the fact that Focus on the Family has been around for over 30 years and Dr. Dobson has been inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. Moreover, their Focus Action Center has stopped more legislation with their legal teams to prevent unwanted laws including this particular version where President Bush has stated he will veto it. Frank in my opinion was trying to impress upon the use of other sources and not just a coupon site that makes money off of ads.
I might suggest to Karen that she invite Frank for coffee some day in order to get closer to his opinion and he closer to hers rather than her PC. Reputations have a way of being cured by a cup of Starbucks. What say you, Karen? Care to flip the bill for this Sun Post?
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