Is this what DU has come to?

[onehandle]

The ouster of the CEO of Whole Foods, who was the focus of a pretty important political influence story, is moved out of LBN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7323757

But a story about Charlie Sheen getting arrested posted a short time later stays in LBN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4199102

Are we becoming Huffington Post?

[EFerrari]

1. The Whole Foods story appears to be older than LBN rules allow

the other story isn't.

[onehandle]

4. No. The story is from the 25th and posted on the 25th by Neecy. nt

[EFerrari]

6. Isn't there a 12 hour rule?

[onehandle]

9. There is no time on the article and Neecy posted it in the afternoon.

Did you look at the article?

[EFerrari]

12. The AP put it out at about 11:30 am so Neecy was cool on the time.

[ZombieHorde]

2. Ouch. nt

[sharp_stick]

3. I think it goes by age of story

not so much by topic.

[onehandle]

5. Again, it was posted on the same afternoon as the story and is nowhere else in LBN. nt

[rug]

7. How many women did the CEO sleep with?

[Armstead]

8. I have a terrible admission to make

When I read your post, the first link I clicked to was.......

....Charlie Sheen



I just had to know

:hide:

[NashVegas]

10. LBN Has Gotten Very Screwy

It's impossible to tell any more what makes the cut and what doesn't.

I get the impression that the majority of LBN mods, for the last two years, don't quite understand how some events that happen today will impact all of us in two years and are generally very, very limited in their understanding of current events and how they shape things.

[daleanime]

11. Who's Charlie Sheen?

:popcorn:

[Trajan]

13. So, you use one story to pit against another ....

And this constitutes proof that DU is an awful place ?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm ....

Anyone who expected DU would be some sort of utopian perfection perhaps overstepped reality ....

You found the door when you came in ....

[Mike Nelson]

14. I thought the Sheen story dropped fast...

but, obviously, it isn't "news" if you know Charlie...

[davidpdx]

15. Well we sure as hell know enough people on here take the Huffington Post

and its founder as the spoken word around here, so maybe it's rubbed off on some people.