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What doess Mint.com's apology for the Economic Impact of Immigration teach us?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Carl Herrera, Jun 18, 2010.

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  1. Carl Herrera

    Carl Herrera Member

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    1. Clutchfan sees pretty enormous chart on personal financial website, mint.com, with numbers purporting to support their theory that illegals are keeping us down.

    2. Clutchfan posts thread, embedding links to images of enormous chart (the embedded enormous chart picture currently show up as a red X... why, you ask? Explanation to follow)


    3. Commentators on this kind of stuff review content and source of data in chart, calls Mint.com out for issues:
    4. Mint.com remove chart from website, direct all links to the enormous chart to the following Rep. Joe Hussen Barton (R-TX) Memorial Apology Page:

    http://www.mint.com/blog/updates/from-the-editor/

    So, what lessons do Clutchfans learn from the Economic Impact of Immigration?
     
    #1 Carl Herrera, Jun 18, 2010
  2. rocketsjudoka

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    Was there a need a second thread on this?
     
    #2 rocketsjudoka, Jun 18, 2010
  3. Depressio

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    The burn would hurt more if it was in the thread that contains the broken image.
     
    #3 Depressio, Jun 18, 2010
  4. Carl Herrera

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    I don't want to talk about immigration. But rather certain people habit of posting "data" because it's on a chart.
     
    #4 Carl Herrera, Jun 18, 2010
  5. Dairy Ashford

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    I'm confused as to how a single website could be responsible for immigration; especially to the point of apologizing for it.
     
    #5 Dairy Ashford, Jun 18, 2010
  6. Deckard

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    Yes. It passes The basso Rule and, in fact, goes beyond it, having some actual content and a subject matter germane to recent events. What is The basso Rule, you may ask? That anything, no matter how little the added value to any discussion, be posted as A New Thread in D&D.

    Anything.
     
    #6 Deckard, Jun 19, 2010
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  7. Invisible Fan

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    Qualifying for the basso Rule also allows the ridicule attached from using the tactic.
     
    #7 Invisible Fan, Jun 19, 2010
  8. Deckard

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    By all means!
     
    #8 Deckard, Jun 19, 2010
  9. Cannonball

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    If the new thread title meme were to be applied, then yes.
     
    #9 Cannonball, Jun 19, 2010
  10. robbie380

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    ..........
     
    #10 robbie380, Jun 19, 2010
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  11. Deckard

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    Damn it, basso, that was unfair.
     
    #11 Deckard, Jun 19, 2010
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