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WarGamer

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4. I think facts are tough to market.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 13, 2021, 07:00 PM

Nov 2021

How often is Reuters quoted here?

Not very...

Because they don't write "entertaining stories"... they're too "facty"

And YES, expanding on your "exploiting the stupid"...

I think that's legit. How many people are willing to learn enough to actually understand a news story? That's when a Sean Hannity comes on TV and Repub-splains it to you.

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