- No memes or images. Exceptions may be made in the case of images of an ongoing news story becoming available.
- User-edited titles are not allowed. Copy the headline directly and use it as the post title.
- News articles written over a month before posting must have the date of the article in the post title.
- No social media/blog/YouTube links. Exceptions may be made if information about an unfolding news story/crisis emerges on Twitter, for example, or if it is the official account of a news source.
- No paywalls. Use an archived link to post a paywalled article.
- Translate non-English articles.
- This is not a hard rule, but please be civil.
We had a small discussion about it ages ago with a little feedback but no rules were made. I took some of the feedback and made this rough draft.
Yeah, number 4 is definitely a problem in the social media age. Corporate owned media on both the left and right have been shown to lie and be willfully dishonest by leaving things out of a story that give it context.
If you'll watch this video you'll find it pretty eye opening. It was for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebu6Yvzs4Ls
George Zimmerman's a complete jackass but everything in the video is factual and I'll find you multiple sources for any claim. The story was distorted the whole way through the trial for financial and political gain. Manufactured outrage is often their business model. The only way to come close to finding truth these days is to examine as much as you can then draw your own conclusions.