Comments on: Pell Grants Gone Awry http://www.thisisjuststupid.com/stupid-countries/pell-grants-gone-awry/ Where you blow the whistle on man's stupidity. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:57:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Just Stupid http://www.thisisjuststupid.com/stupid-countries/pell-grants-gone-awry/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Just Stupid Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:08:59 +0000 http://www.thisisjuststupid.com/stupid-countries/pell-grants-gone-awry/#comment-556 @Cindy - you need to get a hold of Dan Rather too. We are not perfect, we asked if any one could confirm this, they did and we published the correction. @Cindy – you need to get a hold of Dan Rather too.

We are not perfect, we asked if any one could confirm this, they did and we published the correction.

]]> By: Cindy http://www.thisisjuststupid.com/stupid-countries/pell-grants-gone-awry/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Cindy Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:53:36 +0000 http://www.thisisjuststupid.com/stupid-countries/pell-grants-gone-awry/#comment-555 If there are not enough hours to check something out, then you should not publish information. If you want to blow the whistle on man's stupidity, start with your own. One basic rule in journalism or reporting is to check your facts before publishing them. Shame on you. If there are not enough hours to check something out, then you should not publish information. If you want to blow the whistle on man’s stupidity, start with your own. One basic rule in journalism or reporting is to check your facts before publishing them. Shame on you.

]]> By: Just Stupid http://www.thisisjuststupid.com/stupid-countries/pell-grants-gone-awry/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Just Stupid Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:05:30 +0000 http://www.thisisjuststupid.com/stupid-countries/pell-grants-gone-awry/#comment-429 Hey Josh, thanks for pointing this out. We normally try to check these things on Snopes but some times there are just not enough hours in the day :) Hey Josh, thanks for pointing this out. We normally try to check these things on Snopes but some times there are just not enough hours in the day :)

]]> By: Josh Tinley http://www.thisisjuststupid.com/stupid-countries/pell-grants-gone-awry/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Josh Tinley Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:30:43 +0000 http://www.thisisjuststupid.com/stupid-countries/pell-grants-gone-awry/#comment-428 <a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/pellgrant.asp" rel="nofollow">Snopes has thoroughly debunked this.</a> It completely misrepresents the CARIBE and WAIT programs, who is eligible for PELL grants, and what these programs will actually pay for. It also confuses distinctions between permanent residents, persons here on student visas, and persons here illegally. Snopes has thoroughly debunked this. It completely misrepresents the CARIBE and WAIT programs, who is eligible for PELL grants, and what these programs will actually pay for. It also confuses distinctions between permanent residents, persons here on student visas, and persons here illegally.

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