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I’ve decided to take it upon myself to point out something we’ve all been thinking but no one has been saying. Recently, the number of news posts unrelated to the “yeshiva world”, posted by YWN has grown drastically! I feel it’s a major problem that our kosher news stop is slowly but surely desensitizing itself and becoming more and more like any other news outlet. There should be more uproar over this. Why do people stand idle and watch when they see this great site slowly deteriorating? We must put an end to this! People should become upset when a story unrelated (or irrelevant) to the Jewish community is posted. We put our trust in the moderators of YWN to guard our eyes and ears and protect us from the filthy news which is out there. I hope others will be able to recognize this issue I am pointing out and hopefully YWN will reform and provide us with their moderated and carefully selected news; keeping us informed and educated as well as keeping us away from the exposure other secular news sources provide. Thank You.
I’ve decided to take it upon myself to point out something we’ve all been thinking but no one has been saying.
And how would you know what others are thinking?
A Modern Chasid, how about starting your own news site?
I agree 100% for whatever its worth. I was shocked too see some news posted today. I guess they might be looking to drop some of their audience, perhaps???
A Modern Chasid – yes, I agree with sharp- how do you know what others are thinking?
a mamin – Just curious. Which news items “shocked” you?
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I don’t know which article you are referring to but if its the Ohio thing its on matzeivah as well.
A Talmid Chachman (TC) comes upon Chasid. The TC asks why do you Chasids go to the Rebbe for everything. The Chasid says, because the Rebbe knows what we are thinking. That’s not possible only HaKodesh Barachu knows what one is thinking, says the TC.
The Chasid says of course it’s possible, in fact I know what you are thinking… The TC says no way, but he asks, what am I thinking… The Chasid says “shvisi Hashem l’negded tamid” ….The TC says, no that’s not what I was thinking and the Chasid says, that’s why we go to the Rebbe.
So if we are not all thinking “Shivisi Hashem L’negded Tamid” then something is wrong.
We put our trust in the moderators of YWN to guard our eyes and ears and protect us from the filthy news which is out there.
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I always thought of YWN as an alternative to the secular news sites – a site that reports news in a way that Bnei Torah can read and skips over the inappropriate and lashon-hora filled stories. Someone who reads YWN should have no need to read other news outlets as all the important stories are here for them in a Kosher way.
I see nothing wrong with the news posted here recently. Some of the comments and CR discussions on the other hand…
Mod 42; +1000000
I agree with 42. Unfortunately someone misses a couple not-so-nice phrases thrown in here and there on some of the news clips. Overall though, I agree that I try to use YWN instead of, not in addition to, the secular sites.
Mod- maybe you should have a kosher sports section for that reason.
Mod 42, if you have a problem with some of the discussions in the CR, why don’t you utilize your mod powers and get rid of them?
Mod-42: I agree as well! Every article written here is clean, appropriate yet informative.
A Modern chossid, where are you coming from???
Perhaps you can enlighten us and tell us what article (with filthy news) caused you to sound off here about this “BIG” problem?
Looking forward to your response.
A Modern chossid, where are you coming from???
I think he’s just popped out from under his bridge to say hi to all us billy-goats…
He’s probably referring to the three kidnapped girls.
The coffee room always talks about things non exclusive to Jews.
DaasYochid – Thanks for your thoughts.
Let’s see what Mr. “A Modern Chasid” has to say.
I was referring to the 3 kidnapped girls at this point.
Editor – although I do not agree with the modern chosid, if you listen to that video clip of the neighbor he does sneak in a phrase that I was not comfortable with, and once a straight out swear word got through. I still want the stories, I would just hope for some fine tooth combed editing of them.
That neighbor is a media sensation. I am so pleased ywn posted a link cos I just loved his interview. What a dude!
Perhaps what the modern chasid means (does dan es kol haADAM lekaf zechus apply to trolls?) is that after first reviewing any link, as I’m sure ywn does, they could/should have posted a disclaimer saying something like ‘contains strong language’ or similar
Since “A Modern Chasid” hasn’t checked in, I’ll guess what he means (although I don’t think I agree).
I think he’s objecting to posting an article in which the omitted details are obviously of a nature unfit to put on this website. Parts of the story are obviously sordid, even though of course they were left out of YWN reporting. In addition, the fact that so many details are obviously missing, one reading the story on YWN is made curious as to what the missing details are, and is tempted to follow up by searching for articles which aren’t so careful about what they post.
Is this YWN’s responsibility? Or, as Mod 42 said, are they doing a service, even in this case, because one who sticks only to YWN will not feel that he is missing out on popular stories? I don’t know, but I assume and certainly hope that the editor has some Torah hadrachah (AKA “daas Torah”) regarding these issues.
Perhaps you can enlighten us and tell us what article (with filthy news) caused you to sound off here about this “BIG” problem?
When I saw the title I thought it was about the big ads on the main site but when I saw the quote about trust in the moderators I had to comment. (Maybe I’ll rephase it later)
shticky guy – I don’t want inappropriate language with a disclaimer on a kosher website. I want only clean language. (of course that’s just my own opinion)
If YWN didnt post it, it means it didnt happend
I guess posts only get approved by the editor on this thread if they endorse ywn. i greatly appreciate having this site up and running, but refusing to post posts that criticize things that really are wrong with his site is just fighting low.
Some advice for a modern chasid: Don’t like, don’t read.
If I know what you are talking about, so then yes, it’s a very important read, especially now before the summer when many kids spend most of the time playing outside.
Daas Yochid: Don’t jump to conclusions, a modern chosid may have had all his posts deleted, like mine!
A modern chassid: the Ohio story was a really incredible, tragic story. People should know when something crazy like that happens. It’s not “filthy” to report that bad things happen in the world- that’s life get used to it.
The details of many pregnancies was not necessary. We all got the point!! YWN is not for family reading!!
a mamin “YWN is not for family reading!!” what did you mean by that?!
yw fan: Read the article from 2-3 days ago about the kidnappings, and then you decide for yourself.
a mamin, been their done that but i think what you were trying to say is that sadly YW has become a place of family reading? Am i right? Cuz they way i understood your comment is that you said that its not supposed to be a place for family reading!
I thought the reference meant that it IS supposed to be clean enough for family reading but that stories like those would make it not family friendly anymore.
I have kids who read the YWN news and I prefer it because the msn webpage often has inappropriate pictures (let alone information). Reading a secular story that has been “cleaned up” doesn’t bother me. I just have to make sure they have been “cleaned up” well, and this one had a glitch or two.
syag: exactly.
people we need to also realize that we should be thankful that the editors were nice enough to at least spare us of some of the details of that awful story! I looked at some of the other news outlets and they have a MUCH more gruesome story!
Check out the next glitch on YWN, story today in Israel about the mikva!!
YE fan, you could stay a fan, but I’ be lost my trust.. I choose what I want to read, I don’t need to know all the garbage that is going on in the secular world. That doesn’t help me grow spiritually, not one bit!!
a mamin – you are just as guilty.
Wanna know why? Because you keep posting the two items in question over and over and over and over, and you keep giving more info to people who may have not see the article.
Your way too bitter over this. Maybe you SHOULD leave.
100,000 stories posted on YWN in 8 years….you have a problem with TWO.
That’s not bad.
By the way, did you ever see the Yated article which used a four letter word starting with “S”?
Or how about the Hamodia article which did FAR worse?
Seriously, get a life.
Why are Yated and Hamodia being defamed? Is this halachically correct?
007: Hamodia did not print anything like YWN did. Ferd: thank you so much!!! I am leaving,…. 007 I’m getting a life, and NOT like this one here!!!Wishing you all hatzlucha in the mud you are burying yourself in….
A Modern Chasid: The point of all of those who were saying to make your own site is that you can obviously register a complaint, but if YWN doesn’t want to comply with your request, it doesn’t need to. If you don’t like it, the door’s that way. (I’ve done that on sites I haven’t liked for various reasons, and look! I’ve survived to tell the story!)
A mamin, this website is an outlet for all different types of people, if you don’t like the content here of the members then you can leave
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