# doorhinge, answer the question **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 3, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817 "2015-09-03T14:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/41 "2015-09-03T19:46:33Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > And here I thought “Doorhinge” was that rare 4-leaf clover of a word that rhymes with “orange.” 😉 😉 back atcha. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/42 "2015-09-03T19:49:19Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Fox News has reported on 30 of the last 10 political scandals. At least half of which involved Republicans with (D) after their names. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/43 "2015-09-03T19:54:05Z")
So… > [@](#): > > Actual facts, not their political spins or activisms. Spin = Bad. > [@](#): > > Fox News does a decent job of reporting the news. Fox = Good. > [@](#): > > They also add their particular spins. Fox + Spin = Bad. > [@](#): > > If it wasn’t for media outlets like Fox, the public wouldn’t hear anything about many of the important issues of the day. Fox = Good. Yes. That makes perfect sense now. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/44 "2015-09-03T20:17:12Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > …I honestly don’t know what is intended to be conveyed by terms like “race baiting” or “race card.” Race issues are real, and there is nothing wrong with raising them. (post shortened) When MSNBC repeatedly claimed that police left a petty criminal’s body on the street in Ferguson for four hours WITHOUT making it clear that it was the lynch-mob crowd who made it unsafe for the coroner to visit the crime scene AND that the police could not move the body without the coroner’s OK, MSNBC and Sharpton were playing the race card and race baiting. Raising issues - yes. Distorting issues and lying about the facts - no. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/45 "2015-09-03T20:28:39Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > A defensible position, but one hardly thought of before the 20th Century. For a media outlet to have a definite editorial position that shamelessly biases its news coverage is a tradition as old as print journalism. Just to keep all this in its historical context. Of course it’s a defensible position. An easily defensible position. The media can do a better job than they have been doing. More people should be demanding that the media do a better job and maybe the media will do a better job. FYI - I still believe there is no reason for anyone, and they may remember who they are, to hijack another thread to discuss this. And, I believe it deserves to have it’s own thread. All together now - We Demand A Better Media! ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/46 "2015-09-03T20:35:12Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > It feels like there are more and more **doorhinge** types on the board lately. > > Is that a real thing or just my confirmation bias? Maybe there are just fewer people who agree with the latest horseshit you’ve been shoveling? Or not. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/47 "2015-09-03T20:36:26Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > So, Fox News isn’t journalism, it is political advocacy like most other news outlets? Have I got your position correct? No. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/48 "2015-09-03T20:41:51Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > When MSNBC repeatedly claimed that police left a petty criminal’s body on the street in Ferguson for four hours WITHOUT making it clear that it was the lynch-mob crowd who made it unsafe for the coroner to visit the crime scene AND that the police could not move the body without the coroner’s OK, MSNBC and Sharpton were playing the race card and race baiting. > > Raising issues - yes. Distorting issues and lying about the facts - no. I doubt they would have left a white man’s body in the street so long. Maybe I’m a race baiter, (whatever that means). Here’s an [article.](http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/why-was-michael-brown-s-body-left-there-for-hours/article_0b73ec58-c6a1-516e-882f-74d18a4246e0.html) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/49 "2015-09-03T20:48:53Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Maybe there are just fewer people who agree with the latest horseshit you’ve been shoveling? Or not. **Judge Parker** has a level of respect and admiration hereabouts that you can only dream about. His calm good sense and cordial argument represent qualities I can heartily admire without the least intention of emulating. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/50 "2015-09-03T20:49:10Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > No. And why not? What do you see in Fox that makes it an outlet for legitimate reporting in a way MSNBC is not? ---
**Author:** ![camille](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@camille](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/camille)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/51 "2015-09-03T21:02:56Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > It feels like there are more and more **doorhinge** types on the board lately. > > Is that a real thing or just my confirmation bias? They come in batches depending on the news cycle or current thread topics here. When the anti-feminist thread was active, we got a few new MRA trolls. Islamophobia? Check. Confederate flag an issue? New posters. There’s always at least one thread about race in GD so racists are the most common. doorhinge came in with the Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin racists and never left. And why should he? This place is troll paradise; look at the attention he gets in every thread he posts in. As long as he can stay within the right side of the rules, he’s in for the long haul. He’s now just another one of our racist, liberal baiting regulars. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/52 "2015-09-03T21:40:35Z")
> [@camille](#): > > look at the attention he gets in every thread he posts in. There’s a simple solution, but the idiots and trolls on the other side aren’t going to use it. But that’s ok, it provides amusement to us who haven’t drank the Kool-Aid of either side. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/53 "2015-09-03T21:42:10Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > **Judge Parker** has a level of respect and admiration hereabouts that you can only dream about. His calm good sense and cordial argument represent qualities I can heartily admire without the least intention of emulating. Besides that, he’s a [tiger.](http://cdn.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/LOP.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/54 "2015-09-04T01:33:50Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > **Judge Parker** has a level of respect and admiration hereabouts that you can only dream about. **JUDGE Parker**? Is **Mary Worth** a member, too? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/55 "2015-09-04T01:44:55Z")
> [@camille](#): > > They come in batches depending on the news cycle or current thread topics here. When the anti-feminist thread was active, we got a few new MRA trolls. Islamophobia? Check. Confederate flag an issue? New posters. There’s always at least one thread about race in GD so racists are the most common. > > doorhinge came in with the Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin racists and never left. And why should he? This place is troll paradise; look at the attention he gets in every thread he posts in. As long as he can stay within the right side of the rules, he’s in for the long haul. He’s now just another one of our racist, liberal baiting regulars. Interestingly doorhinge gives evidence that the Southern Poverty Law Center was right[about the notable number of racists and nativists that also pretend to be environmentalists](https://www.splcenter.org/20100701/greenwash-nativists-environmentalism-and-hypocrisy-hate) in an attempt to make a wedge between immigrant supporters and environmentalists; the fake-entironmentalists/deniers/racists eventually demonstrate that they are climate change deniers too, and sometimes they come also with a slice of anti-semitism to complete the poppycocktail. The Crank magnetism is very strong in them. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/56 "2015-09-04T02:40:47Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > There’s a simple solution, but the idiots and trolls on the other side aren’t going to use it. But that’s ok, it provides amusement to us who haven’t drank the Kool-Aid of either side. So, you’re a centrist, then? Smack dab in the middle between Czar Nicholas II and Calvin Coolidge? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/57 "2015-09-04T02:41:40Z")
I keep confusing **doorbean** and **Stringhinge** , or whoever they are. Could someone help me keep them straight? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/58 "2015-09-04T02:42:12Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > … to complete the poppycocktail… You should have thought about this a bit longer. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/59 "2015-09-04T03:13:22Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I keep confusing **doorbean** and **Stringhinge** , or whoever they are. Could someone help me keep them straight? Actually, they’re both bent. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817/60 "2015-09-04T03:22:01Z")
But neither of them is **Green** ( **bean** ). She nice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817.md?page=4)