# Breaking News--Political and Religious Jabs--and Boy Scouts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-political-and-religious-jabs-and-boy-scouts/848206>\
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**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-political-and-religious-jabs-and-boy-scouts/848206 "2020-02-20T00:40:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-political-and-religious-jabs-and-boy-scouts/848206/1 "2020-02-20T00:40:44Z")

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I am referring to this Breaking News thread about the Boy Scouts entering into bankruptcy:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=890234](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=890234)

From the sticky:

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> Unfortunately, since these types of threads commonly involve hot-button issues, they often fall prey to hijacks and rants about political, religious or other emotionally charged subjects. MPSIMS is not the place for such comments, which detract from the usefulness of breaking-news threads. If you wish to use a current event as a springboard for a commentary about a hot-button issue, please post it in Great Debates or the Pit. You may post a link to your GD or Pit post in MPSIMS, but don’t use that as an excuse to rehash your argument.

> **[No political/religious jabs in breaking news threads in MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=778315)**
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> This is not a new rule but rather codifies the existing informal guidelines. MPSIMS threads are often started to call attention to breaking news stories. Many posters value these threads because they offer new information and multiple cites about...

So no one else sees any of these types of jabs in this thread?

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-political-and-religious-jabs-and-boy-scouts/848206/2 "2020-02-20T00:59:30Z")

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Have you reported any?

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-political-and-religious-jabs-and-boy-scouts/848206/3 "2020-02-20T02:27:01Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Have you reported any?

No, he hasn’t. And neither has anyone else.

I would strongly advise posters to report any posts they see a problem with before starting a thread in ATMB complaining that no action has been taken.