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	<title>Comments on: Why CNN covers things like this Bigfoot nonsense</title>
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		<title>By: Bri</title>
		<link>http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/18/why-cnn-covers-things-like-this-bigfoot-nonsense/#comment-9788</link>
		<dc:creator>Bri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People who compare Bigfoot to Global Warming make me sad.

I guess having New Orleans destroyed by hurricanes isn&#039;t enough evidence that global warming is happening.

Let me know if you ever start wondering what happened to our economy.  Hint: it has to do with these people not caring to learn about science.

Science is not the domain of the elite.  It is research done by real people.  You could be one of these people-- but you have to start observing before you judge.

This act of observation is what makes people curious to hear about Bigfoot.  But it is also why the story never had any credibility -- we&#039;ve never seen any evidence of Bigfoot.  No physical evidence whatsoever.

Global warming: we have fossils.  Ice core samples.  Sensors all over the world measuring CO2 levels.  We have tons of evidence.  All you have to do is learn about it.  It points to a scary trend-- a trend that we call Global Warming.

Global Warming.  It will happen whether you believe in it or not.  Please be part of the solution, and stop hiding from the challenge we all must face.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People who compare Bigfoot to Global Warming make me sad.</p>
<p>I guess having New Orleans destroyed by hurricanes isn&#039;t enough evidence that global warming is happening.</p>
<p>Let me know if you ever start wondering what happened to our economy.  Hint: it has to do with these people not caring to learn about science.</p>
<p>Science is not the domain of the elite.  It is research done by real people.  You could be one of these people&#8211; but you have to start observing before you judge.</p>
<p>This act of observation is what makes people curious to hear about Bigfoot.  But it is also why the story never had any credibility - we&#039;ve never seen any evidence of Bigfoot.  No physical evidence whatsoever.</p>
<p>Global warming: we have fossils.  Ice core samples.  Sensors all over the world measuring CO2 levels.  We have tons of evidence.  All you have to do is learn about it.  It points to a scary trend&#8211; a trend that we call Global Warming.</p>
<p>Global Warming.  It will happen whether you believe in it or not.  Please be part of the solution, and stop hiding from the challenge we all must face.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Stenger</title>
		<link>http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/18/why-cnn-covers-things-like-this-bigfoot-nonsense/#comment-9769</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard Stenger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bigfoot is REAL! Here&#039;s proof that he lives...and loves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p22BGJ6dXU</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bigfoot is REAL! Here&#039;s proof that he lives...and loves: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p22BGJ6dXU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p22BGJ6dXU</a></p>
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		<title>By: Stephen</title>
		<link>http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/18/why-cnn-covers-things-like-this-bigfoot-nonsense/#comment-7465</link>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dude, bob,

That&#039;s totally not a fair comparison.

They would have to be FAKE nude Angelina Jolie pictures.

Otherwise, they wouldn&#039;t be able to comment in the blogs that OBVIOUSLY they&#039;re fake, just look at disproportionate size of her head, and how the angles of the shadows are inconsistent, etc., and THAT is exactly why would make them newsworthy.  After all, CNN has a responsibility to increase the public awareness of the existence of fake porn, otherwise people might actually pay for or believe that their self gratification was directed towards a nude picture of the REAL Angelina Jolie, when they did not in fact deserve that particular level of pleasure since it was really just some random swimsuit model with Angelina Jolie&#039;s head Photoshopped (&quot;Photoshop&quot; is a registered trademark of the Adobe family of companies, and is used here without permission) on.

We as a society cannot have that, and thank goodness CNN will protect us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dude, bob,</p>
<p>That&#039;s totally not a fair comparison.</p>
<p>They would have to be FAKE nude Angelina Jolie pictures.</p>
<p>Otherwise, they wouldn&#039;t be able to comment in the blogs that OBVIOUSLY they&#039;re fake, just look at disproportionate size of her head, and how the angles of the shadows are inconsistent, etc., and THAT is exactly why would make them newsworthy.  After all, CNN has a responsibility to increase the public awareness of the existence of fake porn, otherwise people might actually pay for or believe that their self gratification was directed towards a nude picture of the REAL Angelina Jolie, when they did not in fact deserve that particular level of pleasure since it was really just some random swimsuit model with Angelina Jolie&#039;s head Photoshopped (&#034;Photoshop&#034; is a registered trademark of the Adobe family of companies, and is used here without permission) on.</p>
<p>We as a society cannot have that, and thank goodness CNN will protect us.</p>
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		<title>By: bob</title>
		<link>http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/18/why-cnn-covers-things-like-this-bigfoot-nonsense/#comment-7460</link>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;In the six-month life of this blog, Bigfoot has gotten more page-views and comments than all but two of the 250-plus stories we’ve reported.   It would be irresponsible to impose a blackout on reporting this, given the demonstrably strong interest in the story.&quot;

wha????
So if you run nude pics of angelina jolie, thus getting massive amounts of hits, you can justify the &quot;news&quot; coverage due to the response?  
What kind of ridiculous 3rd grade logic is that?
So you can go dig up snuff films and post them and when you get a lot of hits for it, that justifies it as &quot;newsworthy?&quot;
The mere fact that moron reporters bothered to show up for the bigfoot press conference is hilarious!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#034;In the six-month life of this blog, Bigfoot has gotten more page-views and comments than all but two of the 250-plus stories we’ve reported.   It would be irresponsible to impose a blackout on reporting this, given the demonstrably strong interest in the story.&#034;</p>
<p>wha????<br />
So if you run nude pics of angelina jolie, thus getting massive amounts of hits, you can justify the &#034;news&#034; coverage due to the response?<br />
What kind of ridiculous 3rd grade logic is that?<br />
So you can go dig up snuff films and post them and when you get a lot of hits for it, that justifies it as &#034;newsworthy?&#034;<br />
The mere fact that moron reporters bothered to show up for the bigfoot press conference is hilarious!</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Peter,

From most of the comments I have seen come back, I think most people missed the idea of why you wrote this new article.  I am also guessing they did not read some of the comments left on the original article.  People will just have to understand that you were just doing your job and reporting on a story.  That is all it was.  They make it sound like you were reporting on the end of the world or something.  It was just a story and something different for once other than all this political crap.  As a reporter I am sure that you are used to all the criticism but I just wanted to let you know that there are people out here with the intellegnce to undertand what you were doing was a job and nothing more.  It is a shame more people don&#039;t have the common sense to understand that.  Thank you for your time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Peter,</p>
<p>From most of the comments I have seen come back, I think most people missed the idea of why you wrote this new article.  I am also guessing they did not read some of the comments left on the original article.  People will just have to understand that you were just doing your job and reporting on a story.  That is all it was.  They make it sound like you were reporting on the end of the world or something.  It was just a story and something different for once other than all this political crap.  As a reporter I am sure that you are used to all the criticism but I just wanted to let you know that there are people out here with the intellegnce to undertand what you were doing was a job and nothing more.  It is a shame more people don&#039;t have the common sense to understand that.  Thank you for your time.</p>
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		<title>By: SJM</title>
		<link>http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/18/why-cnn-covers-things-like-this-bigfoot-nonsense/#comment-7440</link>
		<dc:creator>SJM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While I am certain there are well meaning people who may- or may not - have seen bigfoot, or some species that can explain the sightings, when someone says they have a bigfoot carcass, I am from the &quot;Show Me&quot; state, meaning, they better put the critter on dipslay and allow reputable scientists to examine it, includingones that they have not of their own funding, purchased the scientist&#039;s results. 

Otherwise, these gentelmen are trying to live up to the PT Barnum creedo &quot;You can fool some of the people some of the time.&quot;

I&#039;m not fooled by people who &#039;claim&#039; anything without showing the physical proof, which in this case, is - supposedly - more than a plaster cast of a footprint.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I am certain there are well meaning people who may- or may not &#8211; have seen bigfoot, or some species that can explain the sightings, when someone says they have a bigfoot carcass, I am from the &#034;Show Me&#034; state, meaning, they better put the critter on dipslay and allow reputable scientists to examine it, includingones that they have not of their own funding, purchased the scientist&#039;s results. </p>
<p>Otherwise, these gentelmen are trying to live up to the PT Barnum creedo &#034;You can fool some of the people some of the time.&#034;</p>
<p>I&#039;m not fooled by people who &#039;claim&#039; anything without showing the physical proof, which in this case, is &#8211; supposedly &#8211; more than a plaster cast of a footprint.</p>
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		<title>By: Ray</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To the skeptics who quote Carl Sagan that &quot;extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof,&quot; I refer them to the August 1977 news report in the Brownsville Courier of the &quot;Image of Bigfoot discovered in Corn Tortilla.&quot; The article reports that over 200 eyewitnesses had seen the tortilla and agreed it bore a striking resemblance to the legendary creature. Eyewitnesses included several police officers plus the Assistant Band Director of the community high school. What say you to this, Bigfoot skeptics?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To the skeptics who quote Carl Sagan that &#034;extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof,&#034; I refer them to the August 1977 news report in the Brownsville Courier of the &#034;Image of Bigfoot discovered in Corn Tortilla.&#034; The article reports that over 200 eyewitnesses had seen the tortilla and agreed it bore a striking resemblance to the legendary creature. Eyewitnesses included several police officers plus the Assistant Band Director of the community high school. What say you to this, Bigfoot skeptics?</p>
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		<title>By: Big Foot's Ex</title>
		<link>http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/18/why-cnn-covers-things-like-this-bigfoot-nonsense/#comment-7402</link>
		<dc:creator>Big Foot's Ex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gout ... yea, I bet! Like when you &#039;twisted your ankle&quot; just before your big job interview with that insurance company ... and they hired a caveman instead.  And the white powder you said was for athlete&#039;s foot. And all those times you came home late smelling all musty.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gout ... yea, I bet! Like when you &#039;twisted your ankle&#034; just before your big job interview with that insurance company ... and they hired a caveman instead.  And the white powder you said was for athlete&#039;s foot. And all those times you came home late smelling all musty.</p>
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		<title>By: Big Foot</title>
		<link>http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/18/why-cnn-covers-things-like-this-bigfoot-nonsense/#comment-7401</link>
		<dc:creator>Big Foot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m just writing to thank all my fans and dispell the rumors about why I missed the press conference. I was NOT in rehab; just indisposed with a bad case of gout.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#039;m just writing to thank all my fans and dispell the rumors about why I missed the press conference. I was NOT in rehab; just indisposed with a bad case of gout.</p>
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		<title>By: Big Foot</title>
		<link>http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/18/why-cnn-covers-things-like-this-bigfoot-nonsense/#comment-7399</link>
		<dc:creator>Big Foot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It was all a scam! ... The interest rate increased after 90 days and the satellite service required a 2-year contract. Don&#039;t necessarily trust what you read in print!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was all a scam! ... The interest rate increased after 90 days and the satellite service required a 2-year contract. Don&#039;t necessarily trust what you read in print!</p>
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