# Why is the world media so gullible?!  And can it be fixed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-world-media-so-gullible-and-can-it-be-fixed/150255>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 22, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-world-media-so-gullible-and-can-it-be-fixed/150255 "2003-01-22T17:28:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![GOM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@GOM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GOM)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-world-media-so-gullible-and-can-it-be-fixed/150255/1 "2003-01-22T17:28:01Z")

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[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE\_ID=30605](http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30605)  
[Copyrighted material from link removed. – MEB]  
As I’ve said previously about this potential scam: SHOW US THE DNA! I guess that won’t be happening now…

This guy’s laughing all the way to the bank.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-world-media-so-gullible-and-can-it-be-fixed/150255/2 "2003-01-22T17:33:28Z")

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What, you want a mod to edit your post for copyrighted material _and_ move it to an appropriate forum? Isn’t that asking a bit much?

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**Author:** ![GOM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@GOM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GOM)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-world-media-so-gullible-and-can-it-be-fixed/150255/3 "2003-01-22T17:43:50Z")

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Sorry.

Please delete if this is in the wrong place, or done wrong.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-world-media-so-gullible-and-can-it-be-fixed/150255/4 "2003-01-22T17:56:44Z")

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**Moderator’s Note:** Yeah, this one was in the wrong forum, _and_ it violated our [guidelines for copyrighted material](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=2079030#post2079030).

I also suspect that if I moved this to GD (with edited OP), it could easily become one thread with several debates (about the morality of cloning, the veracity of the Raelian movement, alleged bias displayed by various media outlets, and the issue of alleged scientific illiteracy among journalists).

If anyone wants to _debate_ one or more of those issues, please start the appropriate thread(s) in the appropriate forum.