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Blue Idaho

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1. Never trust a news organization - not ever.

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2024, 02:25 PM

Mar 2024

Remember their fealty is to their stockholders and to the capitalist system. They are not “truth tellers” - they are there to deliver an audience to their advertisers. Period. That is the goal and their revenue stream is based on eyeballs. If they could get you to watch a test pattern 24 hours a day, that is what they would broadcast.

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Never trust a news organization - not ever. Blue Idaho Mar 2024 #1

And you get your news from.....? brooklynite Mar 2024 #8

Many Sources Blue Idaho Mar 2024 #9

They already have a former GOP Chair in Steele. They needed two? 617Blue Mar 2024 #2

Kasich is tiresome but he's not in the same universe as Ronna McDaniel. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #3

I agree. WheelWalker Mar 2024 #4

He Talks like a moderate but votes like right wing. Ninga Mar 2024 #6

That may be true. But he's still not in the same league as McDaniel. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #7

I get it. Ninga Mar 2024 #10

Whatever it is, it's too much. spanone Mar 2024 #5