The Code of Honor Explained: Article One

Wed Dec 7, 2011 8:40 AM EST

By Dennis P McCann (Clipped by believe anything)

This is not an attempt to claim or assume any authority on Newsvine, and should not be construed as such. Rather, it is written with the goal of clarifying what I see everyday - misconceptions about the meaning and application of the First Article of the Newsvine Code of Honor.

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Just Visiting This Planet:)

Tue Dec 6, 2011 11:00 AM EST

Hey Everybody, (invision a Mickey Mouse hand wave) While making the bed this morning, I started thinking about my Newsvine screen-name, which took me back to my first post on Newsvine three years ago.

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$One Billion dollar Boondoggle?

Seeded on Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:48 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Good Grief!!! No wonder the Canadians are up in arms at hosting this event. This is the 21st century, why can't they do telecommunications?

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Government to Oil Plume Discovery Team: Shut Up!

Seeded on Thu May 20, 2010 10:35 AM EDT (Firedoglake)

On Saturday, the New York Times brought the world's attention to the discovery by a team of researchers on the the vessel Pelican that there are large underwater plumes of oil emanating from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

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Who's your Guru?

Sun May 16, 2010 11:43 AM EDT

" You could become so enthralled with a group leader that you put this person on a pedestal. An enthusiastic acceptance of everything this person has to offer could have you feeling bamboozled once the allure lessens. Maintain a dose of skepticism."

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Is it possible? Courtesy on the internet?

Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:07 AM EDT

..Since the fight over how Health Care Reform should be implemented in this country..I have learned all kind of new "Spin Names" from Teabagger to Kool-aid drinker??? And I have seen more racists remarks made on both sides of the coin than I have heard in my entire life! Are we a …

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Believe, it's really not like the chipper in Fargo, these are really big chippers that you can run an entire tree trunk through in a minute!

Really just kidding about doing it, we moved to some very wooded land 5 years ago and rented one to help with the clearing, it was amazing and scary how the chipper just "ate" the trees. So I have used that keep him in line "HA" since then.
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