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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: mungofitch ✹✺🐝 SILVER
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Subject: Re: O/t, front running, is Wall Street a
Date: 04/10/24 2:43 PM
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Better to judge based on what is actually being said rather than instinctively discrediting based on painting the source with a broad brush.
NYT and Bloomberg have reported on this. ZH is merely commenting.


I this case, yes, it's fair to note that it's based on a "real" story, not a fabrication of that rather dubious site.

Though rather than suppressing one's instincts to discredit a discreditable source in this one instance, perhaps this is a much better approach to life:
Just get the news from somewhere reputable to start with. This excludes Facebook, Tiktok, and (yes) zerohedge.
Don't even go to a bad site to get bad opinions and an admixture of slant and fibs added to whatever portion is "real". It can only make you dumber.

Of course being dumb and misinformed isn't any barrier to success these days, so perhaps giving priority to observable reality is overrated as a career move!

Jim
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