Comments on: unconfirmed rumor http://rob.orangejack.com/2007/02/28/unconfirmed-rumor/ an inconsistent reminder that random is a constant Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:11:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jim http://rob.orangejack.com/2007/02/28/unconfirmed-rumor/#comment-74691 Jim Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:41:03 +0000 http://rob.orangejack.com/2007/02/28/unconfirmed-rumor/#comment-74691 I think it's hilarious. It just shows how we as a society have lost the ability to distinguish fact from fiction. Isn't "unconfirmed" rumor, redundant? That's what a rumor is; unconfirmed information? Unless of course, an "unconfirmed rumor" is information that might be a rumor, but we haven't confirmed that yet. In which case, a "confirmed rumor" is a story that is definitely "unconfirmed." I think it’s hilarious. It just shows how we as a society have lost the ability to distinguish fact from fiction. Isn’t “unconfirmed” rumor, redundant? That’s what a rumor is; unconfirmed information?

Unless of course, an “unconfirmed rumor” is information that might be a rumor, but we haven’t confirmed that yet. In which case, a “confirmed rumor” is a story that is definitely “unconfirmed.”

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