Cracked.com: 5 Ways to Spot a B.S. Political Story in Under 10 Seconds

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http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-to-spot-b.s.-political-story-in-under-10-seconds

An election year is a shit blizzard. Every place you go for news online -- whether it's portal sites like Reddit, or aggregators like Google News or Yahoo! News or RealClearPolitics, or goddamned clips from late night talk shows -- they're all about to get buried under a brown storm of bullshit inflammatory headlines desperate for your click.

This turdstorm of pointless click-bait filler is a problem for anyone who wants to be an informed voter. To learn anything useful, you need to be able to sort through all of the garbage to find the actual information and insight. So let me just tell you right now that you can safely ignore any story if ...

#5. The Headline Contains the Word "Gaffe"

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#4. The Headline Ends in a Question Mark

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#3. The Headline Contains the Word "Blasts"

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#2... Now I'm pushing the 4 paragraph limit - you're gonna have to read the article at the source!

[On the Road]

1. You Beat Me to It

Just about to post this. Not too many Cracked articles show up on DU.

[jade3000]

2. Cracked Magazine lives! (and has good content)

Really good story. But I had no idea that Cracked Magazine still exists. And it's great that they have such interesting content.

It's funny (pun intended) that a humor magazine put together such a solid critique of certain political coverage in the media.

[FATNED]

3. Yay for David Brooks.

Glad to see he's found work writing for Cracked.

Putting Dijon mustard on a burger is EXACTLY the same as putting your dog on the car roof. Swiss on a cheese steak is EXACTLY the same as visible disgust at touching a Haitian. Both are "petty bullshit" that tell you nothing of a candidate's character. Both sides do it, I tell ya!

Write on, Brooks...

[Dead_Parrot]

4. Oh shit

Now I'm stuck in Cracked and can't get out.

I hate you.

[Populist_Prole]

5. Boy aint THAT the truth!

That site handily wins the award for keeping me forever clicking on just one more article before I go....for 45 minutes.