Talk:U.S. actor Charlie Sheen questions 9/11 theories

Does it have to be in the mainstream?

There is no serious discussion of Sheen's comments in the Mainstream Media. What there is mocks Sheen as a cookoo. My thought is that if they have nothing to say that isn't mocking, we should include some of the mocking and call it their opinion. SethDelisle 22:41, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Is it news?

So is this news?

• Lots of things that actors do get in the news. That doesn't mean that we have to consider what actors say to be news. But then we better be fair about that decision and make it accross the board, not just when someone's criticising powerful people.
• There's the zogby poll that said "Half of New Yorkers Believe US Leaders Had Foreknowledge of Impending 9-11 Attacks." And it hasn't been discussed much either.

SethDelisle 22:41, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

It'd probably be news if he was banging madonna. Isn't this better? Whatever. 00:00, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Not Interesting to Wikinewsians?

I'm removing the NPOV tag (which never carried an explanation), and I'm publishing too! Obviously this just isn't controversial enough to comment upon ... ;) SethDelisle 23:29, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Mainstream Media "blackout"

I just stumbled into this article, making tweaks as I read along with it. Then I looked at the PrisonPlanet related link which confirms to me that this story could benefit with an expansion on that aspect of the news. -Edbrown05 03:35, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah ha; I was wondering who,if anyone,would be as interested in that aspect as I am (shoulda known it would be Ed). I think it deserves its own article so I will try to get it going soon. Neutralizer 04:30, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Backticks

What is the deal with the backticks instead of apostrophe's? 66.173.103.222 01:21, 01 April 1901 (UTC)

My word is this punctuation attrocious. There's like random colon's just hanging out there.

Now it`s fixed; . .. . '?" - 66.173.103.222 04:42, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

I like dots

There's a lot of mis-used horizontal ellipses, as well. Some had spaces before, some after, and some in-between the dots. An ellipsis is just one character… if you can't find it on your keyboard, just use three dots without spaces betwen or before them... There might be other punctuation problems in there because of the two single quotes being used on each side of quotes for italics, but I think it's mostly fixed now. Karen 23:22, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

CNN Poll

I know MrM and Amgine can resist reporting US gov negative polls in wikinews but this from the CNN transcript looks interesting;

"ANDERSON: We have been getting an overwhelming response to our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT "Question of the Day." Charlie Sheen speaks out: Do you agree with his assertion that there is a government cover-up of 9/11?

Let`s take a look at how the vote is going so far: 82 percent of you say yes; only 18 percent of you say no.

Here are some of the e-mails we`ve received. Annette from Texas writes, "What our government has hidden about 9/11 is just the tip of the iceberg."

Daniel from Florida says, "I am shocked at the accusations that Charlie Sheen made towards our government."

And Robert from Virginia: "The evidence is like lipstick on the collar of a wayward husband. Democracy requires facing the truth." Neutralizer 13:49, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Part of what I see as a rightful objection to writing news stories that report on polls, is a recognition that bias can motivate people to respond/participate in the poll itself, and thereby skew the results. The CNN poll above is celebrating itself. I don't see how that would make the poll not newsworthy, but the treatment of polling results within an article should be handled with consideration to potential bias. -Edbrown05 20:26, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Polls such as this are generally not newsworthy by themselves IMHO. Scientific polls conducted by appropriate organisations may be newsworthy by themselves but not TV polls, internet polls etc. Nil Einne 20:37, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Category

Please add this article to Category:9/11. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 15:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Done --Jcart1534 05:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Typo

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The article says 'the The Guardian'. The first 'the' should be removed, thus leaving only 'The Guardian'. Van der Hoorn (talk) 14:22, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Done ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 14:24, 10 March 2009 (UTC)