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RockyMTblue2

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Question: How did this ridiculous hodge podge get on line? Are there no editors/standards in this internet news era?

http://wingatewire.com/2016/03/31/uconn-oregon-state-to-meet-in-womens-final-four/

That is just one of about a dozen I have found this week, nursing a bad ankle and bugging the Boneyard. The worst I found and spared you was one with a women's basketball byline but an obvious amalgamation of 3 articles. A women's basketball, a women's hockey and a Trump Wisconsin Town Hall.... I thought I was having one of those Timothy Leary moments.
 
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Couldn't come close to finishing it. Like the writer had some vague ideas, started to copy & paste, spilled something on the keyboard, and then had a couple of drinks. Bet this guy drives while texting.
 

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Question: How did this ridiculous hodge podge get on line? Are there no editors/standards in this internet news era?

http://wingatewire.com/2016/03/31/uconn-oregon-state-to-meet-in-womens-final-four/

That is just one of about a dozen I have found this week, nursing a bad ankle and bugging the Boneyard. The worst I found and spared you was one with a women's basketball byline but an obvious amalgamation of 3 articles. A women's basketball, a women's hockey and a Trump Wisconsin Town Hall.... I thought I was having one of those Timothy Leary moments.
The article was like a bad English translation of a fever dream. I think I'm going into Anaphylaxis..
 
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That was certainly odd
It seems as if Wingate was trying to get around Copywrite(sp) laws by using a blender.
In any event, Matt Drudge is not worrying about losing advertisers to this outfit.
 
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That was certainly odd
It seems as if Wingate was trying to get around Copywrite(sp) laws by using a blender.
In any event, Matt Drudge is not worrying about losing advertisers to this outfit.
 
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That was certainly odd
It seems as if Wingate was trying to get around copywrite / Fair use regulations by using a blender.
In any event, Matt Drudge is not worrying about losing advertisers to this outfit.
 
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That was certainly odd
It seems as if Wingate was trying to get around copywrite / Fair use regulations by using a blender.
In any event, Matt Drudge is not worrying about losing advertisers to this outfit.
 
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That was certainly odd
It seems as if Wingate was trying to get around copywrite / Fair use regulations by using a blender.
In any event, Matt Drudge is not worrying about losing advertisers to this outfit.
 

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I think Jim you now hold the multiple post record! 5... wow.
 
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