The Daily Show presented one of their greatest segments last night as they skewered CNN’s journalistic standards related to coverage of the health care debate (and news coverage in general).
Check out this great 12-minute video clip of the Daily Show epidode:
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Ever wonder if UFOs really exist? I present to you proof that unidentified flying objects are, in fact, real. In fact, you can make your own at home!
(via: Bad Astronomy)
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Talk about an extreme sport; check out this new motorized off-road skateboard—the Scarpar:
I don’t even want to know what insurance rates for this thing are going to be…
(via: Engadget)
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Yesterday the BBC reported that a crazy new trend is developing amongst people who think they are a lot smarter than science. Apparently this hot new craze is to hold “swine flu parties” whereby you and all your friends can infect each other with the H1N1 virus! Yippee!
The “logic” goes as follows: (1) H1N1 is continuing to spread, (2) right now death rates from H1N1 are relatively low, (3) those who have had H1N1 can develop immunity to it in the future, (4) it could mutate in the future to become more deadly; therefore, (5) let’s all deliberately contract swine flu now, so we don’t have to die from it in the future! We’re so smart!
Unfortunately, public health officials don’t quite agree with this line of thinking. For one, deliberate contraction of the virus continues its spread. Second, YOU CAN STILL DIE FROM IT!
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Here’s a treat to give you some perspective.
Check out this great video showing you how big your are in the grand scheme of things:
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