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BuzzFeed’s hit piece on Chip and Joanna Gaines is dangerous -- (link)

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Dec 1 '16, 11:52

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Is the suggestion here that 40 percent of Americans are unemployable because of their religious convictions on marriage? (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Having read both stories, this is the sentence that registered with me. - David Dec 1, 12:14
"Are you now, or have you ever been, a Baptist?!" -- nm - Ender Dec 1, 12:09
You lost me at "Buzzfeed" -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 12:04 3
- I think it's fair to say that Buzzfeed is to this generation what CNN was to people in the early 90s. -- nm - David Dec 1, 12:17 2
  - I would argue that social media (FB, Twitter, etc) are -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 12:18 1
    - Distribution networks vs. content generators. -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 12:20
I'm honestly not sure I every would have heard about this article if not for the crazy loud blowback from right-leaning sites - ty97 Dec 1, 12:00 10
- They same blowback they gave in 2008 when Obama was criticized for the church he went to because of the pastor's beliefs? - znufrii Dec 1, 12:06 2
  - This occurred to me too, but they run a home makeover show, he was running for president. -- nm - Roger More Dec 1, 12:19
  - The comparison crossed my mind, but I don't think it's a direct parallel. - ty97 Dec 1, 12:10
- I'm honestly not sure I every would have heard about this article if not for ST -- nm - decline Dec 1, 12:01 6
  - FB's horrible algorithm thinks it's a very important topic for me. -- nm - David Dec 1, 12:17 1
    - that's why people shouldn't fb -- nm - decline Dec 1, 12:18
  - I came upon a reaction tweet on Twitter last night that sent me googling about the story. (this tweet) -- (link) - ty97 Dec 1, 12:08 1
    - If not for that tweet, this thread would have been news to me too -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 12:08
  - i wuld never have heard of this show if it wasn't for this page of st....nm - x Dec 1, 12:04 1
    - it's wildly popular as cable shows go -- (link) - ML Dec 1, 12:10
Who? -- nm - MDH Dec 1, 12:00 5
- Married couple, lives in Waco area, star in a popular HGTV house makeover show Fixer Upper - ty97 Dec 1, 12:01 4
  - shiplap! shiplap! shiplap! shiplap! - Andie Dec 1, 12:02 3
    - I only see it on rare occasion when visiting my brother - ty97 Dec 1, 12:05 2
      - oh, i like *them*. -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 12:06 1
        
        yup - he's goofy adorable. -- nm - Epiphany Dec 1, 12:10
not dangerous, just inane - ML Dec 1, 11:56
before i read it, my first reaction to the photo was 'well, that's a lot of airbrushing.' -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 11:54 1
- man, you are not kidding -- nm - Epiphany Dec 1, 12:13

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