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ono, to news in South China Sea: Philippines removes Chinese barrier in contested area

The South China Sea is a rich fishing ground that is believed to hold vast oil and gas reserves.

I didn’t know that. I guess that’s another reason why China is trying to take the area for itself.

FfaerieOxide, to news in Bob Menendez: 'I will be exonerated' on fraud charges
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The Blagojevich Technique.

Madison_rogue,
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I don't know, honestly all the prosecution showed as evidence were possessions. Proof would be financial records or other documentation that shows a chain of custody of those possessions and money.

Jury is still out. Doesn't look good, however I'd reserve judgement until new things come to light.

digitalgadget, to news in Danelo Cavalcante: Escaped US killer shaves beard as search widens

This is exactly the kind of thing cops are supposed to be good at. He's now been on the run for over a week?

flyoverstate,

tv and movie lied to you, they arent any better they often just have more resources from the state

charonn0, to quarks in Shouldn’t we expect better fact-checking from the BBC? Even a pop-culture writer profiling Star Trek The Animated Series?
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Now imagine all the errors they’ve made in subjects you’re not an expert in.

ValueSubtracted, to quarks in Shouldn’t we expect better fact-checking from the BBC? Even a pop-culture writer profiling Star Trek The Animated Series?
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So, setting aside things like the episode count being off by two, Swapna Krishna is a freelancer, not a BBC employee, and is pretty prominent in the Trek space, and in fact has multiple bylines at startrek.com.

StillPaisleyCat,
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All the more reason not to perpetuate a question on which the IP owner has a settled position. It wasn’t neutral.

I get that BBC has engaged an expert from the community, but in such a case the expert is under all the greater responsibility to ensure their neutrality. This isn’t presented as an opinion or perspective piece the way it might have been on the official site.

Had they written that there has been a long debate about TAS status, in part due to documentable statements by and those attributed to Roddenberry by his representative (I.e. Richard Arnold), and that there continues to be many fans that have reservations about its canonicity, that would be factual and neutral. This isn’t.

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