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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

TreasonousBastard

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1. Another poor excuse to slam NPR...

Reply to Ron Obvious (Original post)

Sat Aug 9, 2014, 11:37 AM

Aug 2014

It's a news story about a strange custom. Why is PR required to debunk these odd beliefs any more than it should debunk Judaism when doing a story about a prayer ritual at a local synagogue?

Some of us are not overly apopleptic that NPR doesn't use Alternet and Patch for its primary sources.

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Unbelievable: Brazilian courts allow "testimony" from the dead [View all] Ron Obvious Aug 2014 OP

Another poor excuse to slam NPR... TreasonousBastard Aug 2014 #1

Seriously? Ron Obvious Aug 2014 #2