--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > On May 23, 2009, at 9:22 AM, raunchydog wrote: > > > > > > > Melissa McEwan at Shakesville's blogspot documented > > > > 89 instances of blatant sexist attacks on Hillary > > > > during the primary. > > > > > > Oh yeah, that famous investigative reporter Melissa McEwan > > > of Shakesville's blogspot. Did she get the Pulitzer? I was > > > thinking she might. > > > > > > I read it on the internet so it must be true! > > > > Do you know what the term "documented" means, Vaj? > > > > There wasn't exactly any need for "investigation" to > > record the sexist attacks. They were quite open. > > Yeah, Vaj. What the fuck is *wrong* with > you, dude? > > "Documented" means something you can provide > a link to, something that shows *exactly* > what the person you're talking about said, > in their own words. Sorta like this: > > http://tinyurl.com/pzhv6n > > Just because it's on the Internet doesn't > mean it's invalid. Right, Judy? Especially > if all the words quoted as "documentation" > are accurate. Right, Judy?
McEwan provides links to the original context so readers can judge for themselves whether her descriptions are accurate. Andrew didn't. Not his fault; I don't think it was possible way back then to link to Usenet posts (this was before the linkable Google archive). You could find them if you were willing to spend quite a bit of time at it, but he was counting on readers not wanting to be bothered doing that. He frequently truncated and/or distorted or outright misrepresented the context of what he quoted. Plus which, his quotes were taken from what were in most cases extended discussions on alt.m.t, not self- contained articles or segments of TV shows. > "Documented" means it's true.
