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Old 12-07-2016, 05:50 PM #18
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My main issue is how threads about major news stories - e.g. mass shootings - always seem to devolve into various and in-depth arguments that often aren't pretty for the people who just want the news without the potential for it also being a false flag for a pansexual European Union ISIS conspiracy, or a debate over whether black lives matter more than those of the Liberal Democrats when the thread's about a lion being shot

In other words, there's become a conflict of interest that shows to me that Serious Debates and News aren't as exclusively linked as they probably appear to be
I think that will always be the case though - we're not a news site and most of us would rather talk about the news than purely report it so I can't imagine a thread where the only thing being posted is information and news links. That can happen too but people are always going to want to discuss the issues that arise from a news story.
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