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Fiendish Thingy

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1. Some of those sources are clickbait merchants and outrage farmers

Reply to hookaleft (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 03:09 PM

18 hrs ago

Not the best sources for original reporting, and many are helmed by folks who are or were frequent guests on places like CNN and MSNOW.

I prefer ProPublica, the Guardian, and the like.

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You have to subscribe in Independent Media if you want to get real analysis on what is going on [View all] hookaleft 18 hrs ago OP

Some of those sources are clickbait merchants and outrage farmers Fiendish Thingy 18 hrs ago #1

I disagree hookaleft 18 hrs ago #2

I said "some" Fiendish Thingy 18 hrs ago #5

I avoid like the plague the videos with the tendentious headlines and big red arrows. Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #6

ProPublica does the best investigative reporting AZProgressive 18 hrs ago #4

Agreed. sedwin 18 hrs ago #3