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kentuck

(115,620 posts)
Wed Dec 15, 2021, 11:23 AM Dec 2021

"Fair and Balanced" News Network or State Propagandists?

They like to call themselves "fair and balanced" and the answer to the "mainstream media" and the "fake news".

But the latest texts made public by the Select Committee showed them to be in the pockets of the former president and his autocratic goals.

There were no texts from NBC or ABC or CBS or MSNBC hosts to Mark Meadows on January 6th, as far as we know. But there were several from the hosts of FOX News. They had a direct line to the White House. They showed themselves to be propagandists for the wannabe dictator in the White House.

There is nothing fair and balanced about their reporting. Their goal is to deceive their viewers. They are nothing more than state propagandists.

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"Fair and Balanced" News Network or State Propagandists? (Original Post) kentuck Dec 2021 OP
Fairly Unbalanced. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2021 #1
It's like many advertising slogans you hear every day... Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #2

Wounded Bear

(64,628 posts)
2. It's like many advertising slogans you hear every day...
Wed Dec 15, 2021, 12:06 PM
Dec 2021

Sounds nice, but the reality is bullshit.

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